You can put Javascript to call function below the text area.and pass NAME/ID of text area and max limit for the textarea in passing value of that funtion.
Here is a function for count the limit for the text area.
Code:
function displaylimit(thename, theid, thelimit){ var theform=theid!=""? document.getElementById(theid) : thename var limit_text='<b><span
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