Self government or Panchayati Raj of Jharkhand


  • Jharkhand has 40 urban local bodies. 
  • 4 municipal corporation. 
  • 15 Municipal councils. 
  • 19 Nagar Panchayat. 
  • 2 notified area committee. 
  • 1 municipality. 
  • The municipality of Jharkhand is Juggsalai municipality Jamshedpur. 
  • Jharkhand Municipal Corporation Act 2001 has been enacted to replace the Patna municipal Act 1951.
  • Discretionary function of urban local bodies running in Jharkhand is to see maintenance of park and libraries. 
  • Giridih district of Jharkhand has the largest number of village. panchayat. 
  • Every Gram Panchayat unless dissolved earlier shall continue for 2 years. 
  • Currently the Panchayati Raj system is not present in Nagaland, Meghalaya and Mizoram. 

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