Panchayat samiti is a local government body at the tehsil

Tehsil

A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....

 or Taluka level in India

India

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. It works for the villages of the Tehsil or Taluka that together are called a Development Block. The Panchayat Samiti is the link between the Gram Panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

 and the district administration. There are a number of variations of this institution in various states. It is known as Mandal Praja Parishad in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

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, Taluka panchayat in Gujarat, Mandal Panchayat in Karnataka

Karnataka

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, etc.
composition of block simithi
block simithi members are elected by people of villages.chairperson is elected by (lok sabha and raja sabha)

Constitution

It is composed of ex-officio members (all sarpanch

Sarpanch

A sarpanch is a democratically elected head of a village level statutory institution of local self-government called the gram panchayat in India and Pakistan. He, together with other elected Panchas , constitute the Gram Panchayat. The Sarpanch is the focal point of contact between government...

as of the panchayat samiti area, the MPs and MLAs of the area, and the SDO of the subdivision), co-opted members (representatives of SC/ST and women), associate members (a farmer of the area, a representative of the cooperative societies, and one of the marketing services), and some elected members.

The samiti is elected for five years and is headed by the chairman and the deputy chairman.

Departments

The common departments in the Samiti are:

1. General administration
2. Finance
3. Public works
4. Agriculture
5. Health
6. Education
7. Social welfare
8. Information Technology

There is an officer for every department. A government appointed block development officer is the executive officer to the samiti and the chief of its administration.

Functions

1. Implement schemes for the development of agriculture.
2. Establishment of Primary Health Centre
   Primary Health Centre
   The Primary Health Centre is the basic structural and functional unit of the public health services in developing countries. PHCs were established to provide accessible, affordable and available primary health care to people, in accordance with the Alma Ata Declaration of 1978 by the member...
   
   s and primary schools.
3. Supply of drinking water, drainage, construction/repair of roads.
4. Development of cottage and small-scale industries and opening of cooperative societies.
5. Establishment of youth organisations.

Sources of income

The main source of income of the panchayat samiti are grants-in-aid and loans from the State Government.