Panchayat is a comedy-drama set in Uttar Pradesh’s Phullera village. Abhishek Tripathi (Jitendra Kumar), a fresh engineering graduate, reluctantly takes up the job of a secretary in Phullera’s panchayat (village council) office.Born and brought up in the city, the slow-paced lifestyle of rural India is alien to him. So is the idea of the panchayat office doubling up as his residence. Naturally, he finds himself tangled up in boredom, discomfort and frustration- lashing out at every chance he gets.