MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Alpana mean?
Alpana is the Bengali name for ritual floor decoration. The word is associated with Sanskrit ālimpana, smearing or coating, reflecting the drawing process.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अल्पना
Conventional spelling
Bengali
আলপনা
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Alpana in Indian usage
21,409 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 21,217 records (99.1%).
- Recorded as male: 192 records (0.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 335 |
| 1960s | 2,027 |
| 1970s | 5,070 |
| 1980s | 8,043 |
| 1990s | 5,834 |
| Other decades | 100 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 8,918 |
| Bihar | 3,393 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 3,152 |
| Jharkhand | 2,037 |
| Rajasthan | 939 |
| Delhi | 935 |
| Uttarakhand | 521 |
| Haryana | 515 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 306 |
| Assam | 246 |
| Other states | 447 |
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