Sheo or Shiv is a village in Barmer district of Rajasthan state of India. It is a tehsil headquarters. It is also spelled as Shiv, although Sheo is the preferred way of writing the name. The village is located in the Thar desert.

Sheov
Shiv, She
Tehsil (headquarters)
Sheo
Nickname: 
Shiv
Sheov is located in Rajasthan
Sheov
Sheov
Location in Rajasthan, India
Sheov is located in India
Sheov
Sheov
Sheov (India)
Coordinates: 26°10′59″N 71°15′0″E / 26.18306°N 71.25000°E / 26.18306; 71.25000
Country India
StateRajasthan
DistrictBarmer
Founded byRajpurohit
Government
 • TypeDemocratic
 • BodyCongress
Elevation
233 m (764 ft)
Population
 • Total
50,000
Languages
 • OfficialHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
344701
ISO 3166 codeRJ-IN
Vehicle registrationRJ-04
Nearest cityBarmer, Rajasthan
Lok Sabha constituencyBarmer (Lok Sabha constituency)

Rajput, Mali, Raj purohit and Muslim dominated This village has an important contribution in the politics of Rajasthan, province of India. Jaswant Singh Jasol, father of the politician of the Sheo region, Manvendra Singh, has made an important contribution to the politics of India. The current Sheo MLA is Mr. Ravindra Singh Bhati and first independent win in his constituency's history. He started his political journey from Student politics and became president of Jai Narain Vyas University Student Union. It is famous for its variety of cuisines, culture and ethnicity.

Demographics

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Population of Sheo according to the census 2001 is,5689. Where Male population is 4,311, while female population is 1,677. Population of Sheo according to the census 2010 is 10,000 approx.[1]

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