Charthana is a major village in

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taluka of

Parbhani district Parbhani district () is one of the eight districts in the Marathawada region of Maharashtra state of India. Parbhani city is the headquarters of this district. Parbhani district is well known for the Marathwada rebellion and religious tour ...

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state of

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. It used to be known as Charukshetra Nagari in the name of king Charudatta. There are near about 360 temples of Mahadeva, some of which are under the ground. The

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(ASI) has acquired the remaining temples for conservation. Gokuleshwar mandir, Barav, Dwipmal, and Nartirtha are places of interest among many others.

Demography

Charthana is a village with total 4120 families residing. Charthana village has population of 17000 of which 9000are males while 8000 are females as per Population Census 2011. Average Sex Ratio of Charthana village is 970 which is higher than

state average of 929. Charthana village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Charthana village was 75.45% compared to 82.34% of Maharashtra. In Charthana Male literacy stands at 82.07% while female literacy rate was 68.81%. Other backword class (OBC),Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.75% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.04% of total population in Charthana village.

Transport

Charthana is located on Jintur-Mantha state highway towards north from district headquarters

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. from

. from State capital

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. Among major towns, Mantha is away, Sailu is and Manwath is .

Government and politics

Charthana is part of

Parbhani (Lok Sabha constituency) Parbhani Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (Parliamentary) constituencies in Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency covers the entire Parbhani district and a part of Jalna district. Vidhan Sabha segments At presen ...

for Indian general elections and current member of Parliament representing this constituency is

Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav, commonly known as Bandu Jadhav, is a politician with Shiv Sena from Parbhani in the Maharashtra state of India. He was elected twice, in 2004 and 2009, as MLA from Parbhani Vidhan Sabha constituency. And he was elected ...

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. Charthana is part of

Jintur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Jintur is one of 288 assembly constituencies of the Maharashtra state of India. It comes under Parbhani (Lok Sabha constituency) for the Indian general elections. This constituency includes Jintur and Sailu tehsils. The current member of th ...

for assembly elections of Maharashtra. Current representative from this constituency in Maharashtra state assembly is meghna sakore bordikar of

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. Current representative of this charthana circle (Zilla Parishad parbhani) (mrs.minatai nanasaheb raut), they are elected from last 15 years / 3 terms of hatrik.

Schools in Charthana

Late Jogwadkar Hs Ashram Address : ''charthana, jintur, parbhani, Maharashtra . PIN- 431509, Post - Jintur'' Turabul Haque Urdu High School Address : ''Charthana, Tal. Jintur, Parbhani, Maharashtra . PIN- 431509, Post - Jintur'' Sant Janardhan Vidyalaya Address : ''charthana, jintur, parbhani, Maharashtra . PIN- 431509, Post - Jintur'' Zilla Parishad High School Address : ''charthana, jintur, parbhani, Maharashtra . PIN- 431509, Post - Jintur'' Ashram School Charthana Address : ''charthana, jintur, parbhani, Maharashtra . PIN- 431509, Post - Jintur''

References

{{Parbhani district villages Villages in Parbhani district Parbhani district