Constitution of Gram, its name and jurisdiction

Constitution of Gram

1. (1) Subject to the consideration of local conditions, the State Government may, by notification, declare for the purposes of this Act any village or part of a village or a group of adjoining villages or parts thereof to be a Gram.
2. (2) As soon as may be after the constitution of a Gram under sub-section (I), the State Government may, by notification, divide each Gram into wards and each ward shall, as far as possible, comprise of a Revenue Block.
3. (3) The State Government may, by notification, specify the number of members to be elected from .each Revenue Block having regard to. the number of voters in such Revenue Block and such other facts as the State Government may consider fit.
4. (4) The notification under sub-section
   • (I) shall specify the name of the Gram by which the Panchayat shall be known and shall specify the local limits of such Panchayat.
5. (5) The State Government may, after making such enquiry as it may think fit and after obtaining the views of the Gram 'Panchayat' or Panchayats concerned by notification
   • (a) exclude from any Gram any area comprised therin, or
   • (b) include in any Gram any area adjoining to such Gram
   • (c) divide the area of a Gram so as to constitute two or more Grams; or
   • (d) unite the' areas of two or more Grams so as to constitute a new Gram.