MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kallu mean?
Kallu is an affectionate vernacular formation from kala, black or dark. The u ending turns the descriptive base into a familiar personal address.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
कल्लू
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
कल्लु
Letter-by-letter: kallu
4,279 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kallu in Indian usage
6,467 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: 1,302 records (20.1%).
- Recorded as male: 5,165 records (79.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 467 |
| 1950s | 748 |
| 1960s | 1,264 |
| 1970s | 1,648 |
| 1980s | 1,412 |
| 1990s | 673 |
| Other decades | 255 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 3,617 |
| Bihar | 899 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 462 |
| Kerala | 348 |
| Rajasthan | 303 |
| Jharkhand | 273 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 259 |
| Karnataka | 134 |
| Other states | 172 |
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