MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Chhota mean?
Chhota is the Hindi adjective for small or younger. As a traditional household name, it can distinguish a younger child within a family and may continue into formal personal use.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
छोटा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Chhota in Indian usage
29,101 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: 10,460 records (35.9%).
- Recorded as male: 18,641 records (64.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,623 |
| 1940s | 3,853 |
| 1950s | 4,839 |
| 1960s | 5,799 |
| 1970s | 5,294 |
| 1980s | 4,806 |
| 1990s | 2,468 |
| Other decades | 419 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 10,107 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 5,892 |
| Jharkhand | 3,288 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,914 |
| Punjab | 2,608 |
| Haryana | 1,949 |
| Bihar | 986 |
| Uttarakhand | 571 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 363 |
| Odisha | 230 |
| Other states | 193 |
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