In rural areas, Gram Panchayat is the first level or level of democratic government. The Panch and the Gram Panchayat-answered to the Gram Sabha-are the members of the Gram Sabha who elected them. The principle of citizens engaging in the Panchayati Raj system applies to two other stages, where the Block level is one of them, called the Janpad Panchayat or the Panchayat Samiti, with several Gram Panchayats under it. Above the Panchayat Samiti is the Panchayat district or the Zila Parishad, which is planning creation at the district level.