Question

what does the term panchayat mean ​

Answer 1

Answer:

a former group of five influential older men acknowledged by the community as its governing body.

Answer 2

Answer:

Panchayati Raj is the oldest system of local government in the Indian subcontinent. Panchayati Raj Institutions as units of local government have been in existence in India for a long time, in different permutations and combinations. However, it was only in 1992 that it was officially established by the Indian Constitution as the third level of India’s federal democracy through the 73rd Amendment Act.