You can set character encoding using two ways:
[1] Using META:To set character encoding using META, you willl just need to add following line in your <head> tag:
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
[2] Using XHTML:Using XHTML, define the first line as follow:
<?xml version="1.0"
encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "
http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
Kailash