MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Chhaya mean?
Sanskrit chāyā denotes shadow or shade. Solar mythology also personifies Chhaya as a figure associated with Surya.
Pronunciation
IAST: chāyā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
छाया
Letter-by-letter: chāyā
Conventional spelling
Telugu
ఛాయ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Chhaya in Indian usage
66,109 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (98.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 64,905 records (98.2%).
- Recorded as male: 1,204 records (1.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 446 |
| 1940s | 1,313 |
| 1950s | 3,141 |
| 1960s | 7,781 |
| 1970s | 12,777 |
| 1980s | 20,906 |
| 1990s | 19,610 |
| Other decades | 135 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 22,741 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 19,100 |
| Jharkhand | 4,486 |
| Bihar | 3,834 |
| Karnataka | 2,419 |
| Odisha | 2,093 |
| Rajasthan | 2,047 |
| Tripura | 1,817 |
| Maharashtra | 1,385 |
| Delhi | 1,273 |
| Assam | 1,266 |
| Gujarat | 1,090 |
| Uttarakhand | 905 |
| Haryana | 721 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 465 |
| Goa | 222 |
| Other states | 245 |
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
- Wiktionary: छाया ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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