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Kollegal
town, India
Kollegal, town located in the southernmost corner of Karnataka state, southern India. Kollegal is noted for the reeling of silk yarn and for silk weaving. Both Kannada, the official language of Karnataka, and Tamil are spoken there, a result of Kollegalās proximity to Tamil-speaking areas and its having been a part of Madras state prior to 1956. Tribal groups occupy large tracts of land and forest around the town. Pop. (2001) 52,607.
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