MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Banarasi mean?
Banarasi is the adjective derived from Banaras, the familiar name of Varanasi. The city's name also describes regional textiles and styles in Hindi usage.
Pronunciation
IAST: banārasī
Meaning themes
place
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बनारसी
Letter-by-letter: banārasī
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Banarasi in Indian usage
58,895 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: 29,339 records (49.8%).
- Recorded as male: 29,556 records (50.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 5,120 |
| 1940s | 10,548 |
| 1950s | 13,140 |
| 1960s | 14,036 |
| 1970s | 8,311 |
| 1980s | 4,687 |
| 1990s | 1,658 |
| Other decades | 1,395 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 18,927 |
| Rajasthan | 13,982 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 13,659 |
| Haryana | 6,145 |
| Punjab | 2,450 |
| Jharkhand | 1,731 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 668 |
| Gujarat | 437 |
| Uttarakhand | 318 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 292 |
| Maharashtra | 180 |
| Other states | 106 |
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