Rural Development can be understood as a process which aims to raise the capacity of people so that they could control their environment within the distribution of benefits. In brief, it is viewed as strategy to bring about improvement in the economic, political and social life of the rural people. The participation of people in rural development is a must because the developmental activities have to be carried out by the government along with cooperation of the locales. For the purpose, the local government is considered as an instrument of the implementing machinery of the state development and welfare programmes, and as a unit of government at the local levels. Panchayati Raj system serves the most effective forms of local governments available where people can participate meaningfully and directly in the developmental process.