MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Papiya mean?
Bengali pāpiyā names the hawk-cuckoo, a bird recognised by its repeated call. Bengali songs and poetry use the bird's voice as an image of longing, which gives Papiya a literary resonance.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
पापिया
Conventional spelling
Bengali
পাপিয়া
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Papiya in Indian usage
2,696 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 366 |
| 1980s | 783 |
| 1990s | 1,344 |
| Other decades | 203 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Tripura | 1,635 |
| Assam | 403 |
| Jharkhand | 392 |
| Other states | 266 |
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