MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bhikha mean?
Bhikha is a vernacular name drawn from bhikṣā, alms or a requested gift. Northern naming can use the word to describe a child received after a prayer or vow.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
भीखा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bhikha in Indian usage
6,636 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (87.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 815 records (12.3%).
- Recorded as male: 5,821 records (87.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 1,002 |
| 1950s | 1,410 |
| 1960s | 1,611 |
| 1970s | 925 |
| 1980s | 738 |
| 1990s | 440 |
| Other decades | 510 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 4,429 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,095 |
| Jharkhand | 299 |
| Bihar | 265 |
| Gujarat | 252 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 144 |
| Other states | 152 |
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, bhikṣā, p. 756,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.