MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Jagir mean?
Jagir is an Indo-Persian term for a grant of land or its revenue. It was used in historical administration and also entered Punjabi personal naming.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
जागीर
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਜਾਗੀਰ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Jagir in Indian usage
3,713 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: 1,195 records (32.2%).
- Recorded as male: 2,518 records (67.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 315 |
| 1940s | 592 |
| 1950s | 729 |
| 1960s | 753 |
| 1970s | 528 |
| 1980s | 479 |
| Other decades | 317 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Punjab | 1,128 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 950 |
| Haryana | 473 |
| Bihar | 185 |
| Uttarakhand | 172 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 167 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 136 |
| Jharkhand | 131 |
| Maharashtra | 129 |
| Rajasthan | 101 |
| Other states | 141 |
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