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State/ Union Territory wise status of provision for direct/indirect elections of Chairpersons of Panchayats

Sl. No.	Name of State/ Union Territory	Village Panchayat	Intermediate Panchayat	District Panchayat
1	ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS	Direct	Indirect	Indirect
2	ANDHRA PRADESH	Direct	Indirect	Indirect
3	ARUNACHAL PRADESH	Indirect	Indirect	Indirect
4	ASSAM	Direct	Indirect	Indirect
5	BIHAR	Direct	Indirect	Indirect
6	CHHATTISGARH	Direct	Indirect	Indirect
7	DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI	Direct	Indirect	Indirect
8	DAMAN & DIU	Direct	Indirect	Indirect
9	GOA	Indirect	Indirect	Indirect
10	GUJARAT	Direct	Indirect	Indirect
11	HARYANA	Direct	Indirect	Indirect
12	HIMACHAL PRADESH	Direct	Indirect	Indirect
13	UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU & KASHMIR	Direct	Indirect	Indirect
14	JHARKHAND	Direct	Indirect	Indirect
15	KARNATAKA	Indirect	Indirect	Indirect
16	KERALA	Indirect	Indirect	Indirect
17	LAKSHADWEEP	Indirect	Indirect	Indirect
18	MADHYA PRADESH	Direct	Indirect	Indirect
19	MAHARASHTRA	Direct	Indirect	Indirect
20	MANIPUR	Direct	Indirect	Indirect
21	ODISHA	Direct	Indirect	Indirect
22	PUDUCHERRY	Direct	Indirect	Indirect
23	PUNJAB	Direct	Indirect	Indirect
24	RAJASTHAN	Direct	Indirect	Indirect
25	SIKKIM	Indirect	Indirect	Indirect
26	TAMIL NADU	Direct	Indirect	Indirect
27	TELANGANA	Direct	Indirect	Indirect
28	TRIPURA	Indirect	Indirect	Indirect
29	UTTARAKHAND	Direct	Indirect	Indirect
30	UTTAR PRADESH	Direct	Indirect	Indirect
31	WEST BENGAL	Indirect	Indirect	Indirect

As per Article 243-C(5)(a) of the Constitution, Village Panchayat Chairpersons may be elected directly or indirectly as the Legislature of the State may, by law, provide;
As per Article 243-C(5)(b) of the Constitution, Chairpersons of Intermediate and District Panchayats shall be elected indirectly.
Except for 8 States/Union Territory, the Chairperson of Village Panchayat is directly elected