MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Chanchal mean?
Lively or playful is the familiar naming sense of Sanskrit cañcala. The adjective also describes quick, restless or unsteady movement, including the motion of eyes or water.
Pronunciation
IAST: cañcala
Meaning themes
movement
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
चंचल
Letter-by-letter: cañcala
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Chanchal in Indian usage
74,633 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: 57,772 records (77.4%).
- Recorded as male: 16,861 records (22.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 355 |
| 1940s | 1,236 |
| 1950s | 2,601 |
| 1960s | 4,969 |
| 1970s | 11,355 |
| 1980s | 24,603 |
| 1990s | 29,378 |
| Other decades | 136 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 20,980 |
| Bihar | 19,380 |
| Rajasthan | 9,368 |
| Delhi | 6,873 |
| Haryana | 6,249 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 5,098 |
| Jharkhand | 2,764 |
| Uttarakhand | 2,043 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1,103 |
| Chandigarh | 232 |
| Kerala | 189 |
| Maharashtra | 117 |
| Other states | 237 |
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