MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sevak mean?
Sevaka is a Sanskrit noun for an attendant or follower. Its devotional sense includes a worshipper, retaining the connection between service and reverence.
Pronunciation
IAST: sevaka
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सेवक
Letter-by-letter: sevaka
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਸੇਵਕ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sevak in Indian usage
21,891 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (90.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 2,169 records (9.9%).
- Recorded as male: 19,722 records (90.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 502 |
| 1940s | 1,483 |
| 1950s | 2,761 |
| 1960s | 4,184 |
| 1970s | 4,975 |
| 1980s | 5,033 |
| 1990s | 2,850 |
| Other decades | 103 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Punjab | 5,246 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,262 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 3,603 |
| Gujarat | 2,883 |
| Bihar | 2,290 |
| Maharashtra | 1,284 |
| Jharkhand | 626 |
| Rajasthan | 527 |
| Haryana | 499 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 470 |
| Other states | 201 |
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, sevaka, p. 1247,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.