Charthaval
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Charthawal चरथावल |
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| Town | |
 Charthawal
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| Coordinates: 29°33′N 77°35′E / 29.550°N 77.583°ECoordinates: 29°33′N 77°35′E / 29.550°N 77.583°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Muzaffarnagar |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 31,493 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
Charthawal or चरथावल is a town and a nagar panchayat in Muzaffarnagar district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.
As of 2001[update] India census, Charthawal had a population of 31,493. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Charthawal has an average literacy rate of 51%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 59% and female literacy of 42%. 19% of the population is under 6 years of age.
There are many schools and colleges in Charthawal, few names are given below
Both Muslim and Hindu religions are found in Charthawal. There are 65% percent Muslims out of the 40,000 population of the town.The majority of the population belongs to Muslim Tyagi,which comprises roughly 55-60% of total Muslim population.
There are many mosques in the town but two are very old. One is situated at Sheikhzadgan Gharki(west) (غركى), known as Jama Masjid Tagayan, was supposed to be built by The Mughal emperor Nader Shah in the 17th century and other is situated in Sheikhzadgan Sharki(east) (شركى), was built in 360 years back, also known as Jama Masjid alias 'Amina Masjid' Sheikhzadgan (near Hakim Nazar Ahsan).
The world famous University of Islamic Studies Darul Uloom Deoband is just twenty km. away from Charthawal via Rohana village.
There are many Hindu temples:
Thakurdwara was built in the 13th century and later on in 1910 it was repaired by one of the wazir's family member of Mughal Emperor Shahjahan.There exist Sidhpeeth Devi Mandir on the top of Charthawal. At this, temple huge number of people worship in Navratri.There exist an old Bharo mandir in Murdapati Charthawal where people visits every Saturday and it is considered that every wish gets fulfilled if you visit there, Huge people visit there in the month of Asadh. There is a shiv mandir where exists a natural Shivling where a large number of peoples visit in Sawan.
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