MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Rakhal mean?
Rakhal is the Bengali word for a cowherd or herdsman. It is familiar as an affectionate name of Krishna in his pastoral childhood among the cowherds of Braj.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
राखाल
Conventional spelling
Bengali
রাখাল
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Rakhal in Indian usage
3,573 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 |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 332 |
| 1950s | 737 |
| 1960s | 827 |
| 1970s | 692 |
| 1980s | 535 |
| 1990s | 331 |
| Other decades | 119 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Tripura | 2,378 |
| Jharkhand | 723 |
| Assam | 369 |
| Other states | 103 |
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