A Comparative Study on Working Pattern of Elected Representatives and Government Officials in Panchayati Raj System

A comparative study on working pattern of respondents viz., Government officials (75) and elected representatives (75) and elected representatives were undertaken and they were interviewed with the help of schedule. A largest section of Government officials (60%) were having working pattern score between 15-37 followed by 21.33 per cent respondents with scored < 37. In case of elected representatives, 69.4 per cent respondent were having score between 18-37 and 13.3 per cent respondents were having score more than 37 for their working pattern. A positive correlation was obtained for both the groups of respondents in case of association between their working pattern and selected independent variables like occupation, family size and social participation.