Section 11F. Declaration of Panchayat area

2[11-F. (1) The State Government may, by notification, declare any area comprising a village of group of villages, having, so far as practicable a population of one thousand, to be a Panchayat area for the purposes of this Act by such name as may be specified : Provided that for the purpose of declaration of a Panchayat area no revenue village or any hamlet thereof shall be divided : 3[Provided further that in the hill districts of Nainital, Almora Pithoragarh, Tehri, Pauri, Dehradun, Chamoli or Uttarkashi, the State Government may declare the area of a Gaon Sabha established under section 3 of this Act as it stood before the commencement of the Uttar Pradesh Panchayat Laws (Amendment) Act, 1994, to be a Panchayat area though such area may have population of less than one thousand.] (2) The State Government may, on the request of the Gram Panchayat concerned of otherwise, and after previous publication of the proposal, by notification at any time – (a) modify the area of any Panchayat area by including therein or excluding therefrom any area of a village or group of villages; (b) after the name of the Panchayat area; or (c) declare that any area shall cease to be a Panchayat area.