MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Praja mean?
Praja is the Sanskrit collective word for people or offspring. Its political use refers to the subjects of a ruler, linking the name with a community of people.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Bengali
প্রজা
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
प्रजा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Praja in Indian usage
1,455 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: 1,053 records (72.4%).
- Recorded as male: 402 records (27.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 164 |
| 1960s | 267 |
| 1970s | 286 |
| 1980s | 366 |
| 1990s | 262 |
| Other decades | 110 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Assam | 604 |
| Bihar | 383 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 143 |
| Other states | 325 |
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, prajā, p. 658,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.