Čajle (, ) is a village in the municipality of Gostivar, North Macedonia.
History Čajle is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 13 Christian households and one bachelor.Турски документи за историјата на македонскиот народ кн.4, Методија Соколоски, д-р Александар Стојановски, Скопје 1971 According to it, Čajle exhibits Christian Slavic anthroponomy.
Demographics As of the 2021 census, Čajle had 1,236 residents with the following ethnic composition: Albanians 1,161 Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 72 Macedonians 3
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 3070 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 87.
Albanians 3028 Turks 3 Macedonians 1 Others 38
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Čajle was inhabited by 929 Muslim Albanians and 241 Serbs.
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