MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Koshal mean?
Koshal names the ancient region Kosala, whose capital was Ayodhya. In the Ramayana, this is the kingdom ruled by Dasharatha and Rama.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
कोशल
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Koshal in Indian usage
4,310 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling कोशल.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 1,230 records (28.5%).
- Recorded as male: 3,080 records (71.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,046 |
| 1980s | 1,522 |
| 1990s | 1,170 |
| Other decades | 572 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,591 |
| Rajasthan | 1,055 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 716 |
| Haryana | 445 |
| Other states | 503 |
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, kosala, p. 314,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.