MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Avadh mean?
The Uttar Pradesh region Awadh also has the vernacular name Avadh. Its cultural history is closely associated with Ayodhya and the Rama tradition.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अवध
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Avadh in Indian usage
43,051 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (89.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 4,693 records (10.9%).
- Recorded as male: 38,358 records (89.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,456 |
| 1940s | 3,953 |
| 1950s | 6,783 |
| 1960s | 9,547 |
| 1970s | 9,536 |
| 1980s | 7,666 |
| 1990s | 3,773 |
| Other decades | 337 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 16,970 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 16,038 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 5,722 |
| Jharkhand | 3,140 |
| Delhi | 429 |
| Haryana | 224 |
| Rajasthan | 204 |
| Uttarakhand | 124 |
| Other states | 200 |
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
- Wiktionary: अवध ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.