MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kela mean?
Kela is the ordinary Hindi word for the banana fruit. As a personal name it can also evoke Kaila Devi, the goddess worshipped at Karauli in Rajasthan. Her shrine is a prominent destination for an annual spring fair.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
केला
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kela in Indian usage
40,374 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (93%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 37,544 records (93%).
- Recorded as male: 2,830 records (7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,888 |
| 1940s | 4,983 |
| 1950s | 9,758 |
| 1960s | 11,547 |
| 1970s | 6,469 |
| 1980s | 3,533 |
| 1990s | 1,757 |
| Other decades | 439 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Haryana | 16,300 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 11,423 |
| Rajasthan | 7,095 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,766 |
| Maharashtra | 834 |
| Uttarakhand | 797 |
| Jharkhand | 641 |
| Odisha | 537 |
| Gujarat | 451 |
| Punjab | 233 |
| Other states | 297 |
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
- Rajasthan Tourism: Karauli ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Kaila Devi temple in Karauli and its annual fair.