MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kanija mean?
Kanija is a feminine personal form connected with Persian kaniz, a female attendant. Urdu uses kaniz in devotional compounds expressing service and humility.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
कनीज़ा
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
कनीजा
10,529 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kanija in Indian usage
10,529 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling कनीजा.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 992 |
| 1950s | 1,826 |
| 1960s | 2,705 |
| 1970s | 2,460 |
| 1980s | 1,678 |
| 1990s | 531 |
| Other decades | 337 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 5,042 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,912 |
| Bihar | 1,830 |
| Rajasthan | 808 |
| Jharkhand | 778 |
| Other states | 159 |
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