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- Gathaman village is located in Palanpur taluka of Banaskantha district, Gujarat.
- The village has not conducted a Gram Panchayat election since 1955.
- Leadership is chosen through mutual agreement between the Hindu and Muslim communities.
- The population is around 7,000 with approximately 4,600 registered voters.
- Hindu and Muslim residents alternate Sarpanch and Deputy Sarpanch posts every term.
- In 2025, the Sarpanch post was reserved for the women under the official rotation policy.
- Gathaman qualifies as a consensus-based Panchayat (Samras), but receives no Samras Gram Yojana grant.
- Samras Gram Yojana is a Gujarat government scheme for unopposed Panchayat selections, launched under former CM Narendra Modi.
- In June 2025, Gujarat held elections in 4,564 Gram Panchayats, out of which 761 were declared Samras.
- Samras Panchayats are eligible for grants ranging from ₹3 lakh to ₹13 lakh.
- Gathaman is disqualified due to one reserved Scheduled Tribe (ST) ward, despite having no ST residents.
- The ST reservation remains from a past entry of a government officer temporarily registered in the village.
- The community continues to uphold its 70-year democratic consensus model without external incentives.
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