Sheo

Tehsil in Rajasthan, India

Sheov Shiv, She
Tehsil (headquarters)
Sheo
Nickname: Shiv
26°10′59″N 71°15′0″E / 26.18306°N 71.25000°E / 26.18306; 71.25000
Country	India
State	Rajasthan
District	Barmer
Founded by	Rajpurohit
Government
• Type	Democratic
• Body	Congress
Elevation	233 m (764 ft)
Population
• Total	50,000
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	344701
ISO 3166 code	RJ-IN
Vehicle registration	RJ-04
Nearest city	Barmer, Rajasthan
Lok Sabha constituency	Barmer (Lok Sabha constituency)

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.

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 Shiv MLA Mr. Amin Khan has been a former Minister of the Government of Rajasthan. It is famous for its variety of cuisines, culture and ethnicity.

Demographics

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]