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At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 89.16% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 3.84% Hindi, 2.70% Urdu and 2.00% Kannada as their first language. Urdu and Kannada both had a decline in absolute numbers from 2001 to 2011. [10] Kolhapur has the highest percentage of Jains of any district in India.
Wrestling (known as Kushti in Hindi/Marathi), football and kabaddi are the sports most played in the city. [44] [45] Chhatrapati Shahu Stadium is known as wrestling capital of India. Kolhapur has a long history of kushti (wrestling) and has produced many wrestlers. The sport flourished during the reign of Shahu of Kolhapur (1894–1922).
The Kolhapur State was a Maratha princely state of India, under the Deccan Division of the Bombay Presidency, and later the Deccan States Agency. [1] It was considered the most important of the Maratha principalities [ citation needed ] with the others being Baroda State , Gwalior State and Indore State .
Marathi is the first language of a majority or plurality of the people in all districts of Maharashtra except Nandurbar, where Bhili is spoken by 45% of its population. The highest percentage of Khandeshi speakers are Dhule district (29%) and the highest percentage of Gondi speakers are in Gadchiroli district (24%).
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Bhudargad is a tehsil in Kolhapur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.Bhudargad is a fort built by Shivaji. [citation needed] Gargoti, the administrative place of Bhudargad tehsil is also known as an educational and economic hub of tehsil that has various institutions such as Mouni Vidyapeeth, D.Ed and B.Ed. College and ICRE - Institute of Civil and Rural Engineering.
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Maharashtra Police (IAST: Mahārāṣṭra Polīs Sēvā, formerly Bombay State Police) is the law enforcement agency responsible for the Indian state of Maharashtra.It is headed by Director General of Police, Rashmi Shukla (IPS), and headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra.