Panchayat (Noun)
Meaning
A village council in India or southern Pakistan.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The village panchayat made a collective decision to fix the broken water pump.
- A village panchayat representative attended the district meeting to voice the local community's concerns.
- She was elected as the sarpanch, or head, of the village panchayat, a position of great respect.
- The village panchayat has been working towards a solution to the sanitation problem for months.
- The government has encouraged village panchayats to take up small-scale development projects.