MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Daroga mean?
Daroga is an administrative title used in Persian, Urdu and Hindi. It referred to an official in charge of an establishment and later became especially familiar for a police officer.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
दरोगा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Daroga in Indian usage
16,469 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (98.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 291 records (1.8%).
- Recorded as male: 16,178 records (98.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 574 |
| 1940s | 1,491 |
| 1950s | 2,698 |
| 1960s | 3,547 |
| 1970s | 3,710 |
| 1980s | 2,915 |
| 1990s | 1,382 |
| Other decades | 152 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 9,385 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,984 |
| Jharkhand | 836 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 613 |
| Punjab | 169 |
| Maharashtra | 147 |
| Rajasthan | 116 |
| Other states | 219 |
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