Study on role performance of gram panchayat members in village development

Abstract

Gram panchayat is the key organization for overall progress of the village hence gram Panchayat members play a vital role in carrying out all the development activities of a particular state. With this view present study was conducted to study status of role performance of Gram Panchayat members in three talukas of Osmanabad district Marathwada reason of Maharashtra state. A sample of 120 respondents was selected randomly and data collection was done survey method. Ex-post facto research design was used for the study. The study revealed that about 29.17 per cent of gram panchayat had high role performance in administrative activities followed by health care function 27.50 per cent, educational functional and cultural activities 27.50 per cent. Overall role performance level indicated that only 18.33 per cent of gram panchayat members had high role performance 65.83 per cent had medium and 19.00 per cent had low level of role performance.