MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sitala mean?
Sitala is the vernacular name of Shitala Devi. The goddess is connected with cooling and protection from fever and pox in north Indian worship.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सीतला
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sitala in Indian usage
677 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling सीतला.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 397 records (58.6%).
- Recorded as male: 280 records (41.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 199 |
| 1970s | 180 |
| 1980s | 115 |
| Other decades | 183 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 677 |
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, śītalā, p. 1078,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.