MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Rahas mean?
Rahas is an Odia vernacular form related to rāsa. The Rasa dance celebrates Krishna dancing with the cowherd women and is an important theme in regional devotional performance.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
राहास
Conventional spelling
Odia
ରାହାସ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Rahas in Indian usage
4,172 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: 1,941 records (46.5%).
- Recorded as male: 2,231 records (53.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 368 |
| 1940s | 535 |
| 1950s | 744 |
| 1960s | 814 |
| 1970s | 820 |
| 1980s | 536 |
| 1990s | 186 |
| Other decades | 169 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 4,172 |
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