Grama (government)

Grama (government)

:"For other uses see grama (disambiguation)

A "Grama" is a local governing body in the state of Karnataka in India.

Each "Grama" governs a particular village or cluster of villages. Generally these Grama attend to problems of drinking water, street lighting, drainage, primary schools, health centres, etc.

The word means "village" in the Kannada language.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Grama (disambiguation) — Grama may refer to:*Grama (government), a local governing body in India *Grama (halacha), a concept in Jewish law * Bouteloua , several varieties of grass …   Wikipedia

  • Grama Vidiyal — infobox company company name = Grama Vidiyal Microfinance Limited company company type = NBFC foundation = 1993 location = flagicon|IND Tiruchirapalli, India origins = Bangladesh key people = S. Devaraj, Chairman Managing Director Arjun… …   Wikipedia

  • Government of Karnataka — State government IN name of state= Karnataka coat of arms= state colorbox|redcolorbox|#FFD700 seat of government= Bangalore name of governor= Rameshwar Thakur name of chief minister= B. S. Yeddyurappa name of dpy chief minister= None legislative… …   Wikipedia

  • South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …   Universalium

  • Elections in Kerala — are regularly held to fill government officials at all levels of government in both Kerala and India as a whole. These range from national elections to regional local body or panchayat elections. Elections State State level elections are held to… …   Wikipedia

  • Vaikom Satyagraha — (1924 25) was a satyagraha (movement) in Travancore, India (now part of Kerala) against untouchability in Hindu society. The movement was centered at the Shiva temple at Vaikom, near Kottayam.The Satyagraha aimed at securing freedom of movement… …   Wikipedia

  • Vavakkad — Infobox Indian Jurisdiction native name = Vavakkad | type = city | latd = 10.175499| longd=76.196124 climate = Tropical wetlocator position = right | state name = Kerala district = Ernakulam skyline = Sndp ground.jpg leader title = Members of… …   Wikipedia

  • Chirakkara —   village   …   Wikipedia

  • Thiruvananthapuram district — Infobox Indian Jurisdiction native name=Thiruvananthapuram type= district hq=Thiruvananthapuram latd = 8.5 longd=76.92 state name=Kerala abbreviation=IN KL TVM collector=A. Ayyappan area total=2192 area magnitude=9 population total = 3234356… …   Wikipedia

  • Liste der Staatsgräser der Bundesstaaten der Vereinigten Staaten — Dies ist eine Liste der offiziellen Staatsgräser der Bundesstaaten der Vereinigten Staaten. Diese Gräser gelten als bundesstaatliche Wahrzeichen in den jeweiligen Bundesstaaten der Vereinigten Staaten: Bundesstaat Gras wissenschaftlicher Name… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”