Draft Proposal For District Primary Education Programme (DPEP) 1996 - 2003 Panchmahal District Gujarat State October 1995

Abstract

From Introduction: Panchmahal District, with its large tribal population and hilly, forested terrain, is one of the ten backward Districts of Gujarat State. A brief account of the socioeconomic and demographic feature of the District has been presented below. The Administrative headquarters of the District are located at Godhra. There are 9 towns and 1903 villages in the District. For administrative purposes. Panchmahal is divided into 11 talukas; at the lowest level of the Panchayati Raj organisation, there are fewer than 1000 village panchayats to administer the village development.