Subject(s): Panchayat raj in India,Senapur. -- Panchayat raj in India in Uttar Pradesh. -- Local administration around the world -- Panchayat raj historic context : Vedic age, mauryan age, gupta period, mughal rule , British regime -- Panchayats and nationalist movements -- Gandhi on Panchayat -- Panchayat after independence -- Panchayat and planning -- Panchayat and five year plan -- legislation and formation unit , membership,reservation and tenure, voting, official membership, funds, functions -- State and village context -- Utter Pradesh : geographical setting, land and population, agriculture,Weather and climate, population and caste , thakur-praja system ,senpur crops, demographic features , age, sex and marital status, Education, employment -- Traditional and statutory panchayats : Caste panchayat, kisan-lagdar Panchayat, situational panchayat , statutory panchayat, judicial functions, village assembly's new source of income, taxation, village assembly register, judicial administrative, revenue policy -- Statutory Panchayat's performance -- 1949 Panchayat elections -- 1949 executive committee -- Rural court of 1949 -- 1955 election in UP -- Election campaign in senpur -- Panchayat's performance in other UP villages -- Planned change -- Factors for Panchayat ineffectiveness -- Caste affiliation -- Landownership -- Communication problems -- Caste discrimination -- Citizen participation -- General summary, tentative conclusions and suggestions for further investigation