MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Mithila mean?
Mithila was the capital of Videha and the residence of King Janaka in epic literature. The name also belongs to the historical region connected with Sita and the Ramayana. Janaka is Sita’s father, which gives the place name its enduring connection with her story.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
मिथिला
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Mithila in Indian usage
10,797 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (93.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 10,123 records (93.8%).
- Recorded as male: 674 records (6.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 691 |
| 1950s | 1,466 |
| 1960s | 2,624 |
| 1970s | 2,700 |
| 1980s | 2,064 |
| 1990s | 964 |
| Other decades | 288 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 4,887 |
| Jharkhand | 2,058 |
| Bihar | 1,554 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,378 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 632 |
| Assam | 144 |
| Other states | 144 |
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, mithilā, p. 817,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: मिथिला ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, janaka, p. 410,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.