Charthana is a major village in

Jintur Jintur city and a municipal council in Parbhani district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Geography Jintur is located at . It has an average elevation of 455 metres (1492 feet). Demographics As population of 2011 India census, Ji ...

taluka of Parbhani district in

Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...

state of India. 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 Archaeological Survey of India (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 Parbhani. from

. from State capital Mumbai. Among major towns,

Mantha Mantha is a city and a tehsil in Mantha of Jalna district in the state of Maharashtra, India. Demography Mantha tehsil has 114 villages under its supervision. According to 2011 census, Mantha plus 114 villages has population of 1,67,022. Amon ...

is away,

Sailu Selu also known as Sailu is a city and a municipal council in Parbhani district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. History Selu is referred in many places as Sailu. Selu is a city full of prosperity and ancient culture. As per Parbhani dist ...

is and

Manwath Manwath is a town with municipal council in Parbhani district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Demographics India census, Manwath has population of 32,488 of which 16,522 are males while 15,966 are females. Female Sex Ratio is of 966 hi ...

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 pres ...

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 ...

Shiv Sena Shiv Sena ( IAST: ''Śiva Sēnā'') () was a right-wing to far-right Marathi regionalist and Hindu ultranationalist political party in India founded in 1966 by cartoonist Bal Thackeray. Originally emerging from nativist movements in Bom ...

. 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 the ...

for

assembly elections of Maharashtra Assembly may refer to: Organisations and meetings * Deliberative assembly, a gathering of members who use parliamentary procedure for making decisions * General assembly, an official meeting of the members of an organization or of their representa ...

. Current representative from this constituency in

Maharashtra state assembly The Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha or the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the legislature of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated in the Nariman Point area of South Mumbai in the capital Mumbai. Presently, 288 mem ...

is meghna sakore bordikar of bhartiya janta party. 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 Hs Charthan Address : ''charthana, jintur, parbhani, Maharashtra . PIN- 431509, Post - Jintur'' Sant Janardhan Vidyalaya Address : ''charthana, jintur, parbhani, Maharashtra . PIN- 431509, Post - Jintur'' Zphs Charthana 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