Zilla Panchayath

What Zilla Panchayath does

Zilla Panchayath, Udupi is the district-level rural local self-government body for Udupi district in Karnataka, India, constituted under the Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act following the bifurcation of Udupi from Dakshina Kannada district on 25 August 1997. It coordinates and implements state and central government schemes across the district's three taluks (Udupi, Kundapura, Karkala) and constituent Gram Panchayats, with functional responsibility spanning rural development, education, public health, agriculture and fisheries development, women and child welfare, social welfare, and the Swachh Bharat Mission. The organisation operates an administrative hierarchy spanning the district headquarters in Manipal, three Taluk Panchayaths, and multiple Gram Panchayats, supported by a workforce of approximately 380 employees.

The Zilla Panchayath's digital footprint consists of an official informational website (zpudupi.in) — designed and maintained by Leobots Technologies — that publishes news, notifications, tenders, government forms, statistics reports, and department contact directories, and a single citizen-facing mobile application, the Udupi Swachatha App, launched in 2019 to support sanitation and cleanliness citizen engagement under the Swachh Bharat Mission. The app is distributed as an Android APK with an accompanying user manual. There is no disclosed integration infrastructure, no public API, no SDK ecosystem, and no AI/ML modalities.

As a statutory government entity, Zilla Panchayath does not generate commercial revenue from citizens; funding flows through Karnataka state government budgetary allocations, centrally sponsored scheme grants (including Swachh Bharat Mission funding), and district-level tax administration. Administrative leadership is provided by the Chief Executive Officer (currently Dr. Naveen Bhat Y.), appointed by the state government. The entity is not investor-backed, has no parent company, no subsidiaries, and operates as a non-traded government body with no disclosed financial statements.

Name

Zilla Panchayath

Legal name

Zilla Panchayath, Udupi

Website

https://zpudupi.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Zilla Panchayath, Udupi is a statutory district-level Panchayat Raj body in Karnataka, India, coordinating rural local governance, welfare schemes, and citizen services across Udupi district's three taluks and constituent gram panchayats under state government oversight.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Government Administration

NAICS

Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (925120), Public Administration (92)

akta.pro primary industry

Mayor/City Manager & General Administration (BPAIACAA)

Keywords

• Local government administration
• Rural development services
• Panchayat raj governance
• Public service delivery
• District administration

Headquarters

HQ city

Manipal

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Zilla Panchayath, Udupi is the district-level rural local government body constituted under the Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act. It administers rural governance across Udupi district's three taluks (Udupi, Kundapura, Karkala) and multiple Gram Panchayats, implementing state and central government schemes in sanitation (Swachh Bharat Mission), education, healthcare, agriculture, fisheries, women and child welfare, and rural infrastructure development. It also provides citizen engagement through the Udupi Swachatha mobile app and the official zpudupi.in portal for news, notifications, tenders, and downloadable government forms.

Product overview

Zilla Panchayath, Udupi operates a government district portal offering citizen services including the Udupi Swachatha App for mobile-based sanitation reporting and engagement, along with downloadable government forms ( FORM 4(1A), FORM 4(1B)), news and announcements, statistics reports, and department contact directories.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Udupi Swachatha App A mobile application enabling citizen engagement for the Swachh Bharat Mission (cleanliness and sanitation) in Udupi district. Provides a user manual and APK download for Android devices, aimed at district residents to participate in sanitation reporting and cleanliness initiatives.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Leobots TechnologiesminorOthersWebsite design and development partner for zpudupi.in official website. Leobots Technologies designed and maintains the Zilla Panchayath website platform.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Mysuru District Panchayat (Zilla Panchayath, Mysore): Major Karnataka district panchayat administering Mysuru district under the same Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act. Comparable in administrative scope, three-tier structure (Zilla/Taluk/Gram), and state oversight to ZP Udupi.
• Shivamogga Zilla Panchayath: Karnataka state district panchayat for Shivamogga district operating under the same Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act with equivalent rural development, education, health, and welfare portfolio.
• Tumakuru District Panchayat: Karnataka district-level Panchayat Raj body for Tumakuru district with the same three-tier governance structure (Zilla → Taluk → Gram) and identical multi-sector service mandate under the state Panchayat Raj Act.
• Pune Zilla Parishad: Maharashtra's district-level elected self-government body for Pune district — same Panchayati Raj Institution tier as ZP Udupi with comparable multi-sector mandate, differing only by state (Maharashtra ZP Act vs. Karnataka).
• Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayath: Karnataka's neighboring district panchayat, from which Udupi was carved in 1997. Operates under identical Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act with the same multi-sector district-level mandate (education, health, agriculture, SBM, MGNREGA) — the most structurally comparable entity.
• Hassan Zilla Panchayath: Karnataka district panchayat administering Hassan district under identical statutory authority. Functionally comparable in scale, rural character, and Panchayati Raj service mandate to Udupi.
• Nashik Zilla Parishad: Maharashtra Zilla Parishad administering Nashik district. Same tier of rural local governance with comparable scope (agriculture, education, health, welfare) under the Maharashtra Zilla Parishad Act.
• Kolhapur Zilla Parishad: Maharashtra district-level elected body operating the same Panchayati Raj function with rural development, education, social welfare, and SBM implementation responsibilities — equivalent to ZP Udupi at the district tier.

Broad incumbents

• Karnataka State RDPR Department (Rural Development and Panchayat Raj): State-level apex department that supervises and funds all Zilla Panchayaths across Karnataka including ZP Udupi. Provides policy direction, scheme funding, and oversight — the parent administrative structure against which district panchayat execution is measured.
• Ministry of Panchayati Raj (Government of India): Central ministry overseeing all Panchayati Raj Institutions across India. Sets policy, guidelines, and central scheme funding (e.g., SBM, MGNREGA, Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan) that ZP Udupi implements at district level.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/zilla-panchayath

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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