MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Binita mean?
Binita is an eastern form of Sanskrit vinītā. The feminine participle comes from a verb for leading or training, from which its modest and disciplined senses develop.
Pronunciation
IAST: vinītā
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
विनीता
Letter-by-letter: vinītā
Conventional spelling
Bengali
বিনীতা
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
बिनीता
Letter-by-letter: binītā
15,864 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Binita in Indian usage
21,341 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 21,197 records (99.3%).
- Recorded as male: 144 records (0.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 214 |
| 1960s | 901 |
| 1970s | 3,350 |
| 1980s | 8,168 |
| 1990s | 8,592 |
| Other decades | 116 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 5,198 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,447 |
| Jharkhand | 3,853 |
| Assam | 2,634 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,049 |
| Odisha | 786 |
| Uttarakhand | 658 |
| Sikkim | 566 |
| Meghalaya | 197 |
| Haryana | 179 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 135 |
| Delhi | 125 |
| Rajasthan | 120 |
| Tripura | 107 |
| Other states | 287 |
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