मेनु र लेबलहरूको नेपाली अनुवाद मस्यौदा हो, समीक्षा बाँकी छ। यस पृष्ठको पाठ अहिले नेपाली मा उपलब्ध छैन, त्यसैले तल अंग्रेजीमा देखाइएको छ।
Law explainer
Bihar: reservation for women in panchayats
Bihar’s 50% reservation for women in panchayat seats and chairperson posts, presented as a structural table — tier, total seats, seats reserved for women, reserved for SC/ST/BC women, chairperson posts — with an “as on” date and source for every figure.
Structure only. The plain-language explanation for this page is written and signed off by a named legal reviewer through our editorial workflow (§72, §173) before it is published. Until then we show only what the page covers and where the official text is.
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Mandatory record for this page
- Instrument
- Bihar Panchayat Raj Act, 2006
- Jurisdiction
- Bihar
- “As on” date
- Set at legal sign-off
- Amendment history
- Recorded at legal sign-off
- Legal reviewer
- Not yet signed off
Official text
What this page will cover
- Table — Tier · total seats · reserved for women · reserved for SC/ST/BC women · chairpersons — as on date, with source
- Provision — The statutory provision and its amendments
- Evidence — What research does and does not establish about participation
References and headings only; explanations follow legal review.
Distinctions this page will keep clear
- The table is structural, never a ranking of districts or panchayats (Vol 8 §110).
- Seat figures come only from the State Election Commission or the Panchayati Raj Department, each with its date.