MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Banshidhar mean?
Banshidhar continues Sanskrit Vaṃśīdhara, the bearer of a flute. The epithet names Krishna through the instrument central to his pastoral stories.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
वंशीधर
Conventional spelling
Odia
ବଂଶୀଧର
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Banshidhar in Indian usage
15,137 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (90.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,448 records (9.6%).
- Recorded as male: 13,689 records (90.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,026 |
| 1940s | 2,131 |
| 1950s | 3,072 |
| 1960s | 3,152 |
| 1970s | 2,515 |
| 1980s | 1,979 |
| 1990s | 1,034 |
| Other decades | 228 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 6,792 |
| Rajasthan | 3,966 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,808 |
| Jharkhand | 743 |
| Bihar | 651 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 575 |
| Uttarakhand | 403 |
| Other states | 199 |
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, vaṃśīdhara, p. 910,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.