Series synopsis
Panchayat, also known as पंचायत is a comedy drama television series that premiered on Prime Video on March 5, 2020. It was created by Chandan Kumar, Deepak Kumar Mishra, Arunabh Kumar, Akshat Vijaywargiya, Adarsh Kushwah. It stars Jitendra Kumar, Raghubir Yadav, Neena Gupta and Chandan Roy.
Panchayat is a comedy-drama, which captures the journey of an engineering graduate Abhishek, who for lack of a better job option joins as secretary of a panchayat office in a remote village of Uttar Pradesh. Stuck between crazy villagers and a difficult village lifestyle Abhishek starts his job with the sole motivation of getting out of there as soon as possible, for which he even prepares for CAT.
Premise
Panchayat is a comedy-drama, which captures the journey of an engineering graduate Abhishek, who for lack of a better job option joins as secretary of a panchayat office in a remote village of Uttar Pradesh. Stuck between crazy villagers and a difficult village lifestyle Abhishek starts his job with the sole motivation of getting out of there as soon as possible, for which he even prepares for CAT.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Jitendra Kumar as Abhishek Tripathi
- Raghubir Yadav as Brij Bhushan Dubey
- Neena Gupta as Manju Devi
- Chandan Roy as Vikas
- Faisal Malik as Prahlad Pandey
- Biswapati Sarkar as Prateek
- Sanvikaa as Rinky
- Durgesh Kumar as Bhushan Sharma
Supporting cast
- Ashok Pathak as Binod
- Sunita Rajwar as Kranti Devi
- Vinod Suryawanshi as New Sachiv
- Kumar Paswan as Bhutkun
- Kirandeep Kaur as MLA’s Daughter
- Pankaj Jha as MLA Chandrakishore Singh
- Kusum Shastri as District Magistrate
- Satish Ray as Siddharth (Abhishek’s Friend)
- Deepesh Sumitra Jagdish as Photographer At Fakauli
- Deepak Kumar Mishra as Electrician
- Shrikant Verma as Parmeshwar
- Vishal Yadav as Jagmohan
Guest cast
- Vinod Suryawanshi as New Sachiv
- Kumar Paswan as Bhutkun
- Kirandeep Kaur as MLA’s Daughter
- Pankaj Jha as MLA Chandrakishore Singh
- Kusum Shastri as District Magistrate
- Satish Ray as Siddharth (Abhishek’s Friend)
- Deepesh Sumitra Jagdish as Photographer At Fakauli
- Deepak Kumar Mishra as Electrician
- Shrikant Verma as Parmeshwar
- Vishal Yadav as Jagmohan
- Kalyani Khatri as Jagmohan’s Wife
- Abha Sharma as Amma Ji
Episodes
This series spans 5 seasons with 32 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 8 | March 5, 2020 | April 3, 2020 |
| Season 2 | 8 | May 18, 2022 | May 18, 2022 |
| Season 3 | 8 | May 28, 2024 | May 28, 2024 |
| Season 4 | 8 | June 24, 2025 | June 24, 2025 |
| Season 5 | 0 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Gram Panchayat Phulera An unwilling Abhishek Tripathi reaches Phulera to join as panchayat secretary of the village panchayat office. However, his first day at work turns out to be far worse than what he imagined. |
March 5, 2020 |
| 2 |
Bhootha Ped As frequent power cuts hamper Abhishek's CAT preparation, he decides to take the matter in his own hands. Little did he know what he's up against. |
April 3, 2020 |
| 3 |
Chakke Wali Kursi To make his life easier Abhishek buys a new comfortable chair, which has "wheels". In the process, he unknowingly ends up disrupting the panchayat office's power balance. |
April 3, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Naach Abhishek tries to save a deal derailed by an overenthusiastic Manju Devi. Prahlad and Vikas struggle with their doubts about Abhishek and Rinki. |
May 18, 2022 |
| 2 |
Bol Chaal Band Due to lagging village development work, a political opposition starts to emerge against Pradhan Ji. Abhishek's loyalty gets tested. |
May 18, 2022 |
| 3 |
Kranti Abhishek gives pace to the village development work. But not without hindrance. |
May 18, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Rangbaazi Pradhan's desperate attempt to prevent Abhishek's impending transfer intensifies the conflict between the Pradhan gang and the MLA. Prahlad finds it difficult to make peace with his new reality. |
May 28, 2024 |
| 2 |
Gaddha Abhishek returns with the resolve of staying away from the village politics. Fearing the loss of public reputation, Pradhan and Manju Devi need Abhishek's help to handle a rebel. |
May 28, 2024 |
| 3 |
Ghar Ya Eent-Patthar? After Bhushan senses an opportunity to attack Pradhan, Abhishek jumps into damage control mode. Prahlad doesn't like the way Pradhan uses Abhishek for political benefit. |
May 28, 2024 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Case-Mukadma Abhishek fears the police case for slapping Bhushan could ruin his career. Drunk and frustrated, he vents and tries to apologise, hoping Bhushan will drop the case. But Bhushan has other plans because he wants Abhishek’s help to clear his name in the Pradhan shooting. The situation escalates when the MLA also gets involved in the deal. |
June 24, 2025 |
| 2 |
Zakhm Pradhan, a survivor of an "assassination" attempt, tries to leverage sympathy as he kicks off his election campaign. His team organises a public event where he cleans a dirty village spot despite being wounded. Meanwhile, Bhushan’s camp makes a pre-emptive strike to steal Pradhan’s thunder and gain the upper hand. |
June 24, 2025 |
| 3 |
Vachan After noticing a crack in Bhushan’s camp, Pradhan sees an opportunity to weaken his rival. Following his instructions, his team tries to break the unity of Bhushan’s camp by targeting one of his key loyalists. But the plan does not go as smoothly as hoped. Loyalties run deep, and winning him over proves more difficult than expected. |
June 24, 2025 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Prime Video |
|---|---|
| First aired | March 5, 2020 |
| Last aired | June 24, 2025 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Status | continue |