MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bhola mean?
Bhola is an everyday Hindi adjective and also part of Bholenath, an affectionate title of Shiva in vernacular devotion. Bholanath uses the adjective in a familiar title of Shiva.
Pronunciation
IAST: bholā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
भोला
Letter-by-letter: bholā
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਭੋਲਾ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bhola in Indian usage
227,988 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (95.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 11,186 records (4.9%).
- Recorded as male: 216,802 records (95.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 1,545 |
| 1930s | 6,222 |
| 1940s | 17,411 |
| 1950s | 31,882 |
| 1960s | 48,965 |
| 1970s | 51,347 |
| 1980s | 44,026 |
| 1990s | 26,422 |
| Other decades | 168 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 99,171 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 56,461 |
| Jharkhand | 25,816 |
| Punjab | 13,253 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 12,336 |
| Rajasthan | 7,546 |
| Haryana | 3,963 |
| Gujarat | 2,231 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,722 |
| Odisha | 1,384 |
| Assam | 1,222 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 983 |
| Maharashtra | 592 |
| Delhi | 588 |
| Tripura | 196 |
| Chandigarh | 164 |
| Other states | 360 |
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