MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Achal mean?
Achal is the Sanskrit adjective for something that does not move. As a noun it denotes a mountain or rock, extending immobility into a concrete landscape image.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अचल
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Achal in Indian usage
9,243 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 2,454 records (26.5%).
- Recorded as male: 6,789 records (73.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 607 |
| 1960s | 1,143 |
| 1970s | 1,454 |
| 1980s | 2,435 |
| 1990s | 3,227 |
| Other decades | 377 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,751 |
| Rajasthan | 1,197 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,179 |
| Bihar | 697 |
| Delhi | 367 |
| Haryana | 328 |
| Uttarakhand | 204 |
| Jharkhand | 183 |
| Punjab | 103 |
| Other states | 234 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, acala, p. 8,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.