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Charari Sharief

Charari Sharief (also spelled Charar-i-Sharief; Urdu pronunciation: [t͡ʃəɾɑːre ʃəɾiːf], known as Tsrar-i-Sharif (Kashmiri pronunciation: [t͡sraːri ʃəriːf] or [t͡saːri ʃəriːf]) in Kashmiri is a town and a notified area committee in the Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, India.

The Assembly constituency 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 has an average elevation of 1,933 metres (6,342 ft) above mean sea level.

As of the 2011 India census, the town had a total of 2098 households. Charari Sharief has an average literacy rate of 59%, slightly lower than the national average of 59.5%, with male literacy of 58% and female literacy of 38%.

Municipal Committee Charari Sharief (MCC) is an Urban Local Body which administers the town of Charari Sharief in Budgam district, Jammu and Kashmir, India. It has 13 elected members. Its last elections took place on 10 October 2018.

Keys:   INC (11)   Vacant (2)

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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