MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bhadu mean?
Bhadu is connected with the monsoon month Bhadra and with a folk festival in eastern India. The festival honours Bhadu through songs, giving the name a regional cultural referent beyond the month.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
भादु
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bhadu in Indian usage
3,175 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: 1,854 records (58.4%).
- Recorded as male: 1,321 records (41.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 268 |
| 1950s | 485 |
| 1960s | 660 |
| 1970s | 723 |
| 1980s | 551 |
| 1990s | 344 |
| Other decades | 144 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Jharkhand | 2,278 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 342 |
| Odisha | 230 |
| Other states | 325 |
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