The recently released third season of Panchayat has crossed 12 million views in its first week, as per a report by Ormax media.

The show stars Jitendra Kumar, Raghubir Yadav, Neena Gupta, Faisal Malik and Chandan Kumar in pivotal roles.

This milestone is particularly significant as it has overtaken shows like Baahubali: Crown of Blood, The Great Indian Kapil Show, Illegal Season 3 and Jamnapar.

The rural-comedy series, set in a small village of Phulera, revolves around Abhishek Tripathi (Jitendra), an engineering graduate who reluctantly takes up the job of Panchayat secretary. Each episode deals with different problems the villagers, including Pradhan ji (Raghubir), his wife Manju Devi (Neena), ‘Vice-village head' Prahlad (Faisal) and office assistant Vikas (Chandan) face in their day-to-day lives.

The series has been written by Chandan Kumar and directed by Deepak Kumar Mishra.