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STRUCTURE OF THE PANCHAYATI RAJ, The Panchayati Raj is a three-tier system. It, works at three levels:, Gram Sabha, * Gram Panchayat, v1. Village level, Nyaya Panchayat, Block Samiti, 2. Block level, * Zila Parishad 0, 3. District level, Village Level : The Panchayat system at the, village level consists of three main bodies:, Panchayat., (a) the Gram Sabha, (b) the Gram Panchayat, (c) the Nyaya Panchayat, The Gram Sabha : The Gram Sabha consists of, men and women in a village who are 18 years, of age and above. They meet at least twice a, ear and elect the Gram Panchayat., ne Gram Sabha has the power to evaluate the, ork done by the Gram Panchayat and to check, e accounts of income and expenditure of the, am Panchayat. It can remove any member of, m Panchayat by means of a vote of no-, fidence if it is not satified by the work of, Panchayat election E-3, Functions of the Gram Panchayat, To maintain wells, pumps, tanks, etc., To maintain the roads and street lights., To maintain the health care centres., member., E-2, Gram Panchayat :The members of the, Panchayat are elected by the members of, ram Sabha for a period of five years. The, er of members of a Panchayat is not fixed., nds on the density of population.), mple:, xed between 25-30 in UP, Road maintenance, Health care, o To look after the general sanitation of, village., ed between 6-20 in Haryana, ed between 5-9 in Punjab, o To provide primary education to villagers, dbetween 5-15 in Rajasthan, To maintain the register of births, deaths, marriages., etween 7-11 in Delhi., served for SC, ST and women in, To maintain the Panchayat Ghar., yats., To collect taxes and fees.