Try like below..
In you aspx page
<textarea name="Description" id="Description" onkeyup="CheckLength(this,'250');">Text</textarea>
in you script section
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
function CheckLength(obj, max) {
if (parseInt(max) > parseInt($(obj).val().length)) {
}
else {
alert("Exceded max lentgh");
}
}