What should be the minimum population of a village for the formation of a Gram…

Concept

A minimum-population rule creates an administrative boundary: a village at the threshold qualifies under that rule, while one below it does not. For a previous-year question, the commission final key is the canonical source for the exam response, but the bare statute must still be checked so the explanation does not overstate the law.

The method is to match the exact paper and question to the final key, decode that response against the original offered values, and then distinguish the exam-keyed value from any separate statutory population provisions.

Application

The MPPSC final answer key for the Assistant Professor Examination 2022 held on 17 November 2024 resolves this item to the value 1,000. Therefore, the exam-keyed minimum population is 1,000.

Contrast

• 500 and 750 are lower offered values, but the final key does not identify either as the response to this item.

• 1,500 is a higher offered value and is not the minimum identified by the final key.

Cross-check

The Madhya Pradesh Panchayat Raj Avam Gram Swaraj Act provides for a Gram Panchayat for a notified village, while a population figure of 1,000 also appears in ward-related provisions. Thus, 1,000 is stated here as the official exam answer without claiming that the bare constitution provision alone expressly sets a universal numeric minimum.