MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Harijan mean?
Hari is a name of Vishnu and jana denotes a person or people. Harijan also has a later social history as a community label in modern India.
Pronunciation
IAST: harijana
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
हरिजन
Letter-by-letter: harijana
Conventional spelling
Gujarati
હરિજન
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Harijan in Indian usage
52,023 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: 24,107 records (46.3%).
- Recorded as male: 27,916 records (53.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 675 |
| 1940s | 2,464 |
| 1950s | 5,433 |
| 1960s | 9,110 |
| 1970s | 12,177 |
| 1980s | 15,110 |
| 1990s | 6,944 |
| Other decades | 110 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Gujarat | 39,935 |
| Maharashtra | 6,617 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 4,691 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 452 |
| Other states | 328 |
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