. "Panchayat Samiti is a local government body at the tahsil (taluka) level in the nation of India. It works for the villages of the tahsil that together are called a Development Block. The Panchayat Samiti is the link between the Gram Panchayat (village council) and the zila parishad (district board). There are a number of variations in the name of this institution in the various states."@en . .