Charari Sharief (also spelled Charar-i-Sharief; , known as Tsrar-i-Sharif ( or ) in Kashmiri is a town and a notified area committee in the

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of Jammu and Kashmir, India. The

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is one of the 90 constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir. The town was given the status of a block in January 2014. The town is divided into 10 wards. Each ward has a municipal councillor. The town's mohallas are: Talab-e-Kalan or Bada Talab, Trajibal, Court Road, Gulshan Abad, Nowhar, Baghi Noor U Din Nowhar, Jabl-e-Noor, Wazabagh, Alamdar colony, Zaloosa, and Kumar Mohalla. Charari Sharief is an important destination of

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pilgrimages, hosting an important

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in Kashmir. It is situated approximately from

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, en route to Yusmarg. The shrine is approximately 600 years old. It is popularly known as the resting place of "Sheikh Noor-ud-Din Wali".

Geography

Charari Sharief has an average elevation of above

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Demographics

As of the 2011 India census, the town had a total of 2098 households. Charari Sharief has an average

literacy rate Literacy is the ability to read and write, while illiteracy refers to an inability to read and write. Some researchers suggest that the study of "literacy" as a concept can be divided into two periods: the period before 1950, when literacy was ...

of 59%, slightly lower than the national average of 59.5%, with male literacy of 58% and female literacy of 38%.

Municipal committee

Municipal Committee Charari Sharief (MCC) is an Urban Local Body which administers the town of Charari Sharief in

, Jammu and Kashmir,

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. It has 13 elected members. Its last elections took place on 10 October 2018. Keys:

Tsrar Kanger

Tsrar-i-Sharief is most famous for its variety of kangri known as "Tsrar kanger". Writing in 1895, Sir Walter Lawrence, in his passage about Kanger in '' The Valley of Kashmir'', exclaims: “Among the most prized of the Tsrari Sharif fairings is the pretty painted Kanger.” Tsrar Kanger is specifically used to inaugurate wedding ceremonies. During this ritual, aromatic seeds called 'isband' are burned because the practice is believed to ward off evil spirits.

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