gram sansad

English

Etymology

From Bengali গ্রাম সংসদ (gram śoṅśod, literally “village parliament”), which is a learned borrowing of Sanskrit ग्राम (grāma) and संसद (saṃsada).

Noun

gram sansad (plural gram sansads)

1. (West Bengal) A body comprising all the voters of gram panchayat constituency, meeting at the behest of the head of the panchayat to discuss and implement local decisions.

   Synonym: (in the rest of India) gram sabha