Role Perception of Village Panchayat Pradhan in Manipur

Abstract

The study was conducted in 9 C.D. Blocks in the districts of Manipur in village region. Majority of the respondents  belongs to young middle age group also the respondents had 'medium' level of socio-economic status. Dimension wise  role perception results pointed that 87% of respodents' perception of roles was high to medium in case of dimension of  general role. Respondents have perceived medium level of role perception in agriculture, education, welfare and other  related activities. As regards overall role perception of village Panchayat Pradhan majority (59.74%) of respondents had  medium to low perception of roles. It was inferred that relationship between independent variables i.eEducation, Annual  income, Mass media exposure, Leadership preference and Achievement motivation had positive and significant effect on  role perception of Village Panchayat Pradhan.