MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Tola mean?
Tola is the name of a South Asian weight used especially for precious metals. Its name belongs to the tol word group concerned with weighing and measuring.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
तोला
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Tola in Indian usage
5,532 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 2,628 records (47.5%).
- Recorded as male: 2,904 records (52.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 499 |
| 1950s | 792 |
| 1960s | 1,263 |
| 1970s | 989 |
| 1980s | 949 |
| 1990s | 782 |
| Other decades | 258 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 3,021 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,327 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 379 |
| Bihar | 217 |
| Other states | 588 |
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