3. Held ordinary elections to 2,70,000 offices in Gram Panchayats, Mandal Parishads and Zilla Parishads in the State during June–August, 2006 overcoming unprecedented legal hurdles.
These shutters,operated by Traction motors help to regulate the flow of saline water entering into the neighboring paddy fields of Thuravoor, Pattanakad, Ezhupunna, Kuthiathode panchayats connected to the back waters.
Purbasthali–II community development bloc consists of rural areas with 10 gram panchayats and one census town: Patuli.
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Ausgram–II community development bloc consists of rural areas only with 7 gram panchayats.
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Ausgram–I community development bloc consists of rural areas only with 7 gram panchayats.
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Purbasthali–I community development bloc consists of rural areas with 7 gram panchayats and three census towns: Srirampur, Hatsimla and Gopinathpur.
The Kilimanoor Assembly Constituency of Kerala Legislative Assembly consists of Pazhayakunnummel Pulimath, Kilimanoor Grama Panchayath, Nagaroor, Madavoor, Pallickal-Kilimanoor, Karavaram, Mudakkal and Navaikkulam Panchayats.
Koduvally Assembly constituency consists of the Panchayats Kizhakkoth, Koduvally, Madavoor, Narikkuni, Omassery, Kattippara, and Thamarassery.
The Royal Commission on Decentralisation (1907) under the chairmanship of C.E.H. Hobhouse recognised the importance of panchayats at the village level.