MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bideshi mean?
Bideshi is the Odia form of videshi, someone from a foreign place. The regional b form is retained in the name, which also belongs to eastern songs about travel and separation.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Odia
ବିଦେଶୀ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
बिदेशी
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bideshi in Indian usage
6,047 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (82.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,063 records (17.6%).
- Recorded as male: 4,984 records (82.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 308 |
| 1950s | 612 |
| 1960s | 1,018 |
| 1970s | 1,552 |
| 1980s | 1,598 |
| 1990s | 771 |
| Other decades | 188 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 4,212 |
| Bihar | 862 |
| Jharkhand | 521 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 279 |
| Other states | 173 |
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