Sheo or Shiv is a village in

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state of

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. It is a

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headquarters. It is also spelled as Shiv, although Sheo is the preferred way of writing the name. The village is located in the

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Rajpurohit Rajpurohit (Sanskrit:राजपुरोहित) is a Brahmin sub caste residing in South Asia natively in western Rajasthan of India. They maintain traditions that are similar to both Brahmins and Rajputs. They are historically engaged in ...

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and Muslim dominated This village has an important contribution in the politics of

, 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

. The current Shiv MLA Mr. Amin Khan has been a former Minister of the

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. At times Mr. Amin Khan has also been in controversies. It is famous for its variety of cuisines, culture and ethnicity. One of the known personality here is the ''N Shree Group'' which lives nearby in a dhani

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named ''Poonjaraj Singh Ki dhani''. The people here are very helpful in nature.The N shree group has many shops,hotels. It consists of Rajpurohit community.One of the famous shop here for sweets,cafe and general store are N shree misthan bhandar and N shree Kirana store and one of its famous hotel is Rajkamal Hotel.

Demographics

Population of Sheo according to the census 2001 is 3,689. Where Male population is 2,012, while female population is 1,677. Population of Sheo according to the census 2010 is 5,000 approx.Sheo Population
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References

Villages in Barmer district Tehsils of Barmer district {{Rajasthan-geo-stub