MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Dhanapal mean?
Dhanapal is the Sanskrit compound for a keeper of treasure or treasurer. Its elements are dhana, wealth, and pāla, guardian, and the whole word is also attested as a personal name.
Pronunciation
IAST: dhanapāla
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
धनपाल
Letter-by-letter: dhanapāla
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Dhanapal in Indian usage
18,632 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (98.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 230 records (1.2%).
- Recorded as male: 18,402 records (98.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 895 |
| 1950s | 1,786 |
| 1960s | 3,422 |
| 1970s | 4,033 |
| 1980s | 4,842 |
| 1990s | 3,352 |
| Other decades | 302 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 10,319 |
| Rajasthan | 3,825 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,726 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,048 |
| Maharashtra | 323 |
| Haryana | 169 |
| Bihar | 121 |
| Other states | 101 |
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, dhanapāla, p. 508,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.