Number of Member of Village Council and reservation of seats for women

Number of Member of Village Council and reservation of seats for women. - A village Council shall be composed of such members not less than three and not more than nine according to the population it contains as specified below:

1. (1) For villages with population of below five hundred, there shall be three members, of whom one shall be woman;
2. (2) For villages with a population of more than five hundred but not exceeding one thousand, there shall be four members, of whom one shall be woman;
3. (3) For villages with a population of more than one thousand but not exceeding two thousand, there shall be seven members, of whom two shall be women;
4. (4) For village with a population of above two thousand, there shall be nine elected members, of whom three shall be women;
5. (5) For sub section (1)(2)(3)(4) population of a village shall be based on the latest data of Census of India or population projection duly prepared by Directorate of Economics and Statistics and Planning and Programme Implementation based on the latest data of Census of India.