MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sangita mean?
The music noun saṅgīta gives Sangita its meaning. In classical Indian usage the word can encompass vocal music, instrumental music and dance.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Bengali
সংগীতা
Conventional spelling
Odia
ସଂଗୀତା
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
संगीता
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sangita in Indian usage
1,011,611 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,007,762 records (99.6%).
- Recorded as male: 3,849 records (0.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 774 |
| 1930s | 351 |
| 1940s | 1,052 |
| 1950s | 4,818 |
| 1960s | 43,630 |
| 1970s | 198,501 |
| 1980s | 447,920 |
| 1990s | 314,410 |
| Other decades | 155 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 374,702 |
| Bihar | 244,429 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 194,629 |
| Rajasthan | 73,650 |
| Jharkhand | 56,749 |
| Haryana | 26,586 |
| Uttarakhand | 22,046 |
| Assam | 4,578 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 4,284 |
| Odisha | 4,266 |
| Tripura | 2,321 |
| Maharashtra | 1,711 |
| Other states | 1,660 |
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