MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bhoj mean?
Bhoj continues Sanskrit bhoja, bountiful or generous. King Bhoja of Dhar is a cultural referent remembered in Indian stories about royal learning and patronage.
Pronunciation
IAST: bhoja
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
भोज
Letter-by-letter: bhoja
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bhoj in Indian usage
5,219 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling भोज.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 1,382 records (26.5%).
- Recorded as male: 3,837 records (73.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 663 |
| 1960s | 1,144 |
| 1970s | 1,504 |
| 1980s | 1,039 |
| 1990s | 484 |
| Other decades | 385 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Maharashtra | 2,356 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 982 |
| Bihar | 930 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 555 |
| Rajasthan | 295 |
| Other states | 101 |
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, bhoja, p. 767,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.