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Government of India
Ministry of Panchayati Raj
15-November-2010 17:24 IST
Reservation of Women in Panchayat Bodies

 

 

                Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Dr.C.P.Joshi today informed the Lok  Sabha that  Article 243 D (4) of the Constitution of India provides that not less than one third of the total number  of posts of Chairpersons in Panchayats at each level shall be reserved for women.  The actual percentage of offices reserved is determined by the provisions in the Panchayati Raj Act of each State.  But such reservation can not be less than 1/3rd of the seats of Chairpersons. The Statewise position as available is annexed. 

AVAILABLE DATA OF THE NUMBER OF WOMEN CHAIRPERSONS  IN STATES

 

Sl. No.

Name of the State/UT

Provision in the State/ UT Legislation.

1.

Andhra Pradesh

1/3rd of the seats are reserved for women at all the three levels.

2.

Arunachal Pradesh

1/3rd seats of Sarpanches (GP) are reserved for Women.

3.

Chhattisgarh

Reservation has been enhanced from 33% to 50 % for Sarpanches.

4.

Bihar

50% for all the three tiers

5.

Goa

Number of Women Sarpanches is 72

6.

Gujarat

One third reserved for women

7.

Haryana

1/3rd reserved for women to be elected as Sarpanches. Out of 6155, 2108 seats reserved for women

8.

Himachal Pradesh

1/3rd seats of the total seats are reserved for women at all 3 levels. Now raised to 50%.

9

Kerala

33% reserved in all tiers.

10.

Madhya Pradesh

50% reservation for women has been made in all three tiers of PRIs. Number of women Sarpanches is 7707

11.

Maharashtra

1/3rd of the total number of offices of Sarpanches are reserved for Women.

12.

Manipur

Out of 165 seats of Sarpanches 60 are reserved for women. 

13.

Rajasthan

The reservation for women to be elected as Chairpersons in the State of Rajasthan was 33% which has been increased to 50%.

14.

Sikkim

40% seats are reserved for women for Chairpersons at all levels

15.

Tripura

1/3rd seats are reserved for women.

16.

Uttarakhand

50% reserved for Sarpanches 

17.

West Bengal

Not less than 1/3rd of the offices of Sarpanches reserved for women.

18.

Orissa

1/3rd of seats for Chairpersons are reserved for women. Out of 6234 Sarpanches 2188 are women which is 35.09%.

19

Chandigarh

1/3rd reserved for women. Out of 12 Sarpanches, 4 seats are reserved for women.

20.

Lakshadweep

Out of 10 Sarpanches, 4 are women.

21

Puducherry

One-third of the total number of offices of Chairpersons in the Panchayats at each level are reserved for women.

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