MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bidya mean?
The vernacular form Bidya continues Sanskrit vidyā, learning or knowledge. Vidyā includes both practical learning and philosophical study in classical usage.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बिद्या
Conventional spelling
Bengali
বিদ্যা
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bidya in Indian usage
4,579 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: 2,494 records (54.5%).
- Recorded as male: 2,085 records (45.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 295 |
| 1950s | 658 |
| 1960s | 1,058 |
| 1970s | 988 |
| 1980s | 790 |
| 1990s | 648 |
| Other decades | 142 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Assam | 1,153 |
| Bihar | 1,117 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 650 |
| Tripura | 411 |
| Odisha | 348 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 333 |
| Jharkhand | 251 |
| Rajasthan | 176 |
| Other states | 140 |
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, vidyā, p. 963,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.