Q. According to the Bengal Village Chowkidari Act, what was the role of Panchayat?
Answer:
Collect taxes from the Chowkidars
Notes: According to the Bengal Village Chowkidari Act, the services of village chowkidar (village
night-watchmen) were placed under the control of a village body named as
Panchayat. The
only duties of these Panchayats were to assess and to collect taxes for the
maintenance of the chowkidars or village police. They were not given the power to
take care of local development.