MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Panch mean?
Panch continues the Sanskrit number word pancha, “five”. In Indian civic vocabulary it also denotes a member of a panchayat, a council whose older name refers to a group of five.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
पंच
Conventional spelling
Odia
ପଞ୍ଚ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Panch in Indian usage
3,188 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 778 records (24.4%).
- Recorded as male: 2,410 records (75.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 317 |
| 1950s | 531 |
| 1960s | 632 |
| 1970s | 719 |
| 1980s | 503 |
| 1990s | 224 |
| Other decades | 262 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 2,817 |
| Tripura | 177 |
| Other states | 194 |
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