MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Panava mean?
Panava is a familiar eastern form built on pān, “betel leaf”. The ending -wa makes it a vernacular household name rather than a formal Sanskrit compound.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
पनवा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Panava in Indian usage
13,065 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (98.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 12,894 records (98.7%).
- Recorded as male: 171 records (1.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 684 |
| 1940s | 1,550 |
| 1950s | 2,546 |
| 1960s | 3,885 |
| 1970s | 2,639 |
| 1980s | 1,253 |
| 1990s | 301 |
| Other decades | 207 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Jharkhand | 5,091 |
| Bihar | 4,847 |
| Other states | 3,127 |
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