Division of Gram Panchayats into wards

Division of Gram Panchayats into wards. - Every Gram Panchayat area shall be divided into not less than ten wards as the Collector may determine and every ward shall be a single member ward: Provided that where the population of Gram Panchayat area is more than one thousand, it shall be divided into wards in such a manner that the total number of wards shall not be more than twenty and the population of every ward shall be as far as possible the same: Provided further that the ratio between the population of the Gram Panchayat area and the number of wards in such Panchayat shall be, so far as practicable, the same throughout the development block within which the Panchayat area falls.