MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bishal mean?
Bishal continues the Sanskrit adjective viśāla through eastern Indian usage. Its range extends from physical spaciousness to greatness and eminence.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बिशाल
Conventional spelling
Bengali
বিশাল
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bishal in Indian usage
4,508 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 176 |
| 1970s | 334 |
| 1980s | 780 |
| 1990s | 3,067 |
| Other decades | 151 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Assam | 985 |
| Bihar | 877 |
| Tripura | 827 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 581 |
| Jharkhand | 491 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 408 |
| Uttarakhand | 106 |
| Other states | 233 |
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, viśāla, p. 990,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.