Claim: The people of Phangota Village (population 1140) in the Punjab state have a literacy rate lower than the state average, and have a system of local self-government and are tasked with economic development, strengthening social justice, and implementation of Central and State Government schemes.
Evidence: 1,140 Phangota is a village in Dhar Kalan in Gurdaspur district of Punjab State, India. The literacy rate of the village is 71.89%, lower than the state average of 75.84%. Panchayat raj 'Council of five officials) is the system of local self-government of villages in rural India as opposed to urban and suburban municipalities. They are tasked with "economic development, strengthening social justice and implementation of Central and State Government Schemes including those 29 subjects listed in the Eleventh Schedule."