MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Karatar mean?
Punjabi Kartar identifies God as the creator. It is related to Sanskrit kartṛ, a maker or one who acts.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
करतार
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Karatar in Indian usage
44,705 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: 10,517 records (23.5%).
- Recorded as male: 34,188 records (76.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 2,223 |
| 1930s | 6,327 |
| 1940s | 8,363 |
| 1950s | 7,075 |
| 1960s | 6,869 |
| 1970s | 5,477 |
| 1980s | 5,080 |
| 1990s | 2,980 |
| Other decades | 311 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Punjab | 19,047 |
| Haryana | 7,891 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 5,600 |
| Rajasthan | 4,279 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 4,208 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,702 |
| Uttarakhand | 629 |
| Chandigarh | 161 |
| Other states | 188 |
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, kartṛ, p. 257,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.