MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Chamela mean?
Chamela is a vernacular floral name related to chameli, jasmine. Jasmine is valued for its fragrance and is used in garlands, giving the name both botanical and cultural associations.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
चमेला
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Chamela in Indian usage
16,808 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (95.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 16,119 records (95.9%).
- Recorded as male: 689 records (4.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 885 |
| 1940s | 2,227 |
| 1950s | 3,722 |
| 1960s | 4,562 |
| 1970s | 3,337 |
| 1980s | 1,579 |
| 1990s | 295 |
| Other decades | 201 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 15,200 |
| Bihar | 615 |
| Haryana | 458 |
| Rajasthan | 250 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 106 |
| Other states | 179 |
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