MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bhagat mean?
The Sanskrit devotee word bhakta develops into Bhagat, used as a personal name or respectful title. The word corresponds historically to Sanskrit bhakta, devoted.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Gujarati
ભગત
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
भगत
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bhagat in Indian usage
172,423 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: 73,182 records (42.4%).
- Recorded as male: 99,241 records (57.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 1,228 |
| 1930s | 5,464 |
| 1940s | 11,504 |
| 1950s | 18,974 |
| 1960s | 29,415 |
| 1970s | 39,354 |
| 1980s | 42,223 |
| 1990s | 24,093 |
| Other decades | 168 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Maharashtra | 126,436 |
| Gujarat | 11,450 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 6,238 |
| Haryana | 5,843 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 5,348 |
| Uttarakhand | 4,654 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 4,131 |
| Punjab | 2,322 |
| Bihar | 2,120 |
| Rajasthan | 1,905 |
| Jharkhand | 1,474 |
| Chandigarh | 153 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 134 |
| Assam | 106 |
| Other states | 109 |
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