MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Vachan mean?
Vachan is the Sanskrit-derived noun for a spoken word or statement. In Hindi it also denotes a promise, because giving one's word creates an undertaking.
Pronunciation
IAST: vacana
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
वचन
Letter-by-letter: vacana
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Vachan in Indian usage
5,429 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (81.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,023 records (18.8%).
- Recorded as male: 4,406 records (81.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 631 |
| 1950s | 894 |
| 1960s | 1,144 |
| 1970s | 1,033 |
| 1980s | 866 |
| 1990s | 505 |
| Other decades | 356 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,320 |
| Bihar | 1,176 |
| Rajasthan | 921 |
| Uttarakhand | 728 |
| Jharkhand | 518 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 361 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 172 |
| Other states | 233 |
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, vacana, p. 912,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.