MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Shiksha mean?
Shiksha is the Sanskrit and Hindi noun for learning or instruction. In Sanskrit scholarship, Shiksha also names the discipline concerned with the sounds and proper recitation of Vedic texts. It is counted among the six Vedangas, disciplines supporting Vedic study.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शिक्षा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Shiksha in Indian usage
13,846 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 13,723 records (99.1%).
- Recorded as male: 123 records (0.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 1,052 |
| 1950s | 2,471 |
| 1960s | 3,370 |
| 1970s | 2,396 |
| 1980s | 2,213 |
| 1990s | 2,079 |
| Other decades | 265 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 7,056 |
| Haryana | 3,870 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,058 |
| Rajasthan | 485 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 483 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 425 |
| Bihar | 202 |
| Other states | 267 |
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, śikṣā, p. 1070,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.