Question

Difference between municipality and panchayat

Answer 1

municipality : A municipality is usually a single urban administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and state laws to which it is subordinate. ... The term municipality may also mean the governing or ruling body of a given municipality.
Panchayat : Panchayat is a body of five elected representatives from the local population who form the local government at village level in India. The term is also in use in Bangladesh and Pakistan. Panchayats as local governance bodies have existed in the subcontinent for over two millennia.

Answer 2

The following are the differences between the Municipal Corporation and the Panchayati Raj.

A municipal corporation is an urban local council that operates for the advancement of a capital. Panchayati Raj was a method wherein people engage in their own management which appears at the community level.

On one hand, the Municipal Corporation is responsible for providing civic amenities such as road, and drainage to the urban population. On the other hand, the Panchayat is responsible for the local administration of a village like maintaining roads and the village ponds. On the other hand,