MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Nirdhan mean?
Nirdhan is the Sanskrit compound of nir, without, and dhana, wealth. The word describes lack of property and survives as an older Hindi personal name.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
निर्धन
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Nirdhan in Indian usage
1,850 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (84.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 289 records (15.6%).
- Recorded as male: 1,561 records (84.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 135 |
| 1940s | 268 |
| 1950s | 377 |
| 1960s | 393 |
| 1970s | 334 |
| 1980s | 198 |
| Other decades | 145 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 1,690 |
| Other states | 160 |
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, nirdhana, p. 541,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.