Panchayat is an Indian Hindi-language comedy drama television series. It chronicles the life of an engineering graduate who joins as a panchayat secretary in a remote fictional village of Phulera in Uttar Pradesh. Written by Chandan Kumar and directed by Deepak Kumar Mishra, the show features Jitendra Kumar, Raghubir Yadav, Neena Gupta, Sanvikaa, Chandan Roy, Durgesh Kumar, Ashok Pathak, Faisal Malik and Sunita Rajwar. The series received mostly positive response from critics, with the performances of the leading actors and scripting being praised.
Urban engineering graduate gets a low-salary position as a secretary of a Gram panchayat in a remote village. The series deals with the experiences of an urban engineering graduate, unfamiliar with village cultures.