MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Devta mean?
Devta continues Sanskrit devatā, a word for divinity or a deity. In Hindi its everyday use includes gods addressed in worship and the images through which they are honoured.
Pronunciation
IAST: devatā
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
देवता
Letter-by-letter: devatā
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Devta in Indian usage
7,256 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: 3,117 records (43%).
- Recorded as male: 4,139 records (57%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 400 |
| 1940s | 988 |
| 1950s | 1,447 |
| 1960s | 1,808 |
| 1970s | 1,273 |
| 1980s | 892 |
| Other decades | 448 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 3,994 |
| Bihar | 2,753 |
| Other states | 509 |
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
- Monier-Williams, devatā, p. 495,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.