MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bachchi mean?
Bachchi is an affectionate Hindi word for a girl child. Its naming use belongs to the familiar tradition of household endearments.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बच्ची
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bachchi in Indian usage
45,387 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (94.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 42,714 records (94.1%).
- Recorded as male: 2,673 records (5.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 2,487 |
| 1940s | 6,158 |
| 1950s | 9,147 |
| 1960s | 13,284 |
| 1970s | 8,256 |
| 1980s | 4,158 |
| 1990s | 1,270 |
| Other decades | 627 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 28,213 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 10,155 |
| Rajasthan | 3,654 |
| Jharkhand | 1,190 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,071 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 900 |
| Other states | 204 |
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