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256 NAYA-DUMKA HEAD-QUARTERS-NAYAGARH. (1881) 363, 186, namely, males 182,390, and females 180,796. Classified according to religion, there were in 1881–Hindus, 187,198 ; Muhammadans, 8603 ; Sikhs, 54 ; Christians, 1208; Buddhists, 132 ; non - Hindu aborigines, 165,991, of whom 155,854 were Santáls, 3346 Kols, and 6791 other tribes or unspecified. Average number of persons per square mile, 254•7 ; villages per square mile, 2'04; persons per village, 125; houses per square mile, 37'5; persons per house, 7. The Sub-division consists of the single police circle of Naya-Dumká. In 1883–84 it contained 5 magisterial and revenue courts, a general police force of 26 nen, and a village watch of 703 chaukidárs. Naya-Dumká (or Dumká). --Administrative head-quarters of the District of the Santál Parganás, and also of Naya-Dumká Sub-division, Bengal. Lat. 24° 16' N., long. 87° 17' 30" E. Dumká is one of the oldest British stations in Bengal. It is shown on the map of 1769 as 'Dumcaw,' and was then a post of ghátwúlí police in the Birbhúm jurisdiction. In 1795, Dumká was transferred to Bhagalpur, and was made the site of one of the four Kohistání police thánás for the regulation of the Rájmahál Hills. The name frequently occurs in the old correspondence as Dumkah or Doomka, till 1855, when it was first called Naya-Dumká by the officer commanding a detachment of troops stationed here during the Santál rebellion. It is only occasionally called by the latter name now, and the present station is on the site of the old gháturáli post. In 1855, Dumká was made the head-quarters of the Santál Parganas District, but was soon afterwards abandoned and left only as the head-quarters of the Dumká Sub-District. In 1873, the Sub-Districts of the Santál Parganás were changed into Subdivisions, and Dumká again became the head-quarters of the whole District. It contains the office of the Deputy Conmissioner of the Santál Parganas, who is also District judge; of the Sub-divisional officer, who is a subordinate judge; and of two other criminal and civil courts. Dunká itself is only a small bázár on the banks of river, carrying on a little trade in local produce, European piece-goods, etc., with a population in 1881 of some 2500 inhabitants. Nayágaon-State in Bundelkhand, North-Western Provinces.See NAIGAON RIBAHI. Nayagaon. - Town in Badausa tahsil, Banda District, NorthWestern Provinces, lying in lat. 25° 3' 30" N., and long. 79° 27' 30" E., on the route from Ajaigarh to Kalinjar, 9 miles north-east of the former and 6 south-west of the latter. Population (1881) 2021, chiefly Lodhís. The town is picturesquely situated in a fertile well valley, but the heat in summer is said to be almost insupportable. Village school. Nayagarh.—Petty State in Orissa, Bengal, lying between 19° 5+ Us