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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 11, p. 385.

DUNGARPUR TOWN 395 for a prison, but funds do not permit of the construction -of a new building. In igoi about 3 per cent. of the population were returned as liter- ate (6.5 per cent. males and o-i per cent. females). The only school was attended by about 88 boys. Since the Education. last Census there has been considerable progress, io vernacular schools have been opened in the districts, including one elementary school specially for Bhils. The daily average attendance at these io institutions is about 350, while that at the older school has risen to 160. Two hospitals are maintained, one at the capital and the other at Sagwara (opened in 1904), which have accommodation for 7 in- patients. In 1905 the number of cases treated was Medical, 14,188, of whom 58 were in-patients, and 435 opera- tions were performed. In 1905-6 the two vaccinators employed by the Darbar successfully vaccinated i,o85 persons, or nearly i i per r,ooo of the population, a great improvement on the work of earlier years. [Rajpzatdna Gazetteer, vol. i (1879, under revision); A. T. Holme, Settlement Report (Allahabad, 1905).] Dangarpur Town.---Capital of the State and head-quarters of the zila or district of the same name in Rajputana, situated in 23° 51′ N. and 73° 43′ h:., about 66 miles south of Udaipur city. Population (igoi), 6,094. The town was founded about the end of the fourteenth century by Rawal Bir Singh, and named after a BhIl chieftain, Dungaria, who was a more or less independent ruler and aspired to marry the daughter of a wealthy Mahajan named Sala Sah. The latter simulated consent, but fixed a distant date for the celebration of the marriage, and in the meantime arranged with Bir Singh to have the whole marriage party, including Dungaria, assassinated while in a state of intoxication. This was successfully carried out. Overlooking the town is a hill 1,403 feet above the sea-level, and 5 miles in circum- ference at base; on it are the temples erected by Bir Singh in memory of the widows of Dungaria Bhil, and the Maharawal's palace, while at its foot is a lake called the Geb Sagar. The town is said to have been besieged in the beginning of the, nineteenth century by a Maratha force under Shahzada Khudadad, and to have held out stoutly for twenty days, when the besiegers obtained access through the treachery of one of the Maharawal's Sardars named Mehrup. The place is locally famous for its toys, drinking vessels, and images carved out of a greenish stone. found in the neighbourhood, and for bedsteads and stools made of teakwood and fancifully coloured with lac. A municipal committee was appointed in 1897, which attends to lighting and sanitation. The income in 1903-4 was Rs. 3,400, chiefly derived from VOL, Xi. - C e