Establishment and incorporation of Zila Panchayats

Establishment and incorporation of Zila Panchayats (1) There shall be a Zila Panchayat for each district. (2) The Zila Panchayat shall be a corporate body. A Zila Panchayat shall consist of a Chairman who shall be its Presiding and a Vice Chairman and as following - (a) Pramukhs of all Kshettra Panchayat in the district; (b) elected members, who shall be chose by direct election from the territorial constituencies in the Panchayat area and for this purpose the Panchayat area shall be divided into territorial constituencies in such manner: (i) minimum 2 territorial constituencies shall be fixed in the development blocks of hill area having the population upto 24000 and in the development blocks having the population more than 24000 there shall be gradual proportional increase in the number of the territorial constituencies.