MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Richhapal mean?
Richhapal joins richh, the North Indian word for bear, with pal, protector. Richh continues Sanskrit riksha, an animal word that survives in regional forms.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रिछपाल
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Richhapal in Indian usage
10,918 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (97%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 323 records (3%).
- Recorded as male: 10,595 records (97%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 515 |
| 1940s | 1,100 |
| 1950s | 1,866 |
| 1960s | 2,384 |
| 1970s | 1,785 |
| 1980s | 1,652 |
| 1990s | 1,468 |
| Other decades | 148 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 7,365 |
| Haryana | 1,982 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,344 |
| Other states | 227 |
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, ṛkṣa, p. 224,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, pāla, p. 622,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.