Shop | |
Settlement Type: | town |
Pushpin Map: | India Rajasthan |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Rajasthan, India |
Coordinates: | 25.8923°N 76.2104°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Rajasthan |
Subdivision Type2: | Division |
Subdivision Name2: | Ajmer |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Tonk |
Subdivision Type4: | Tehsil |
Subdivision Name4: | Uniara |
Government Type: | Gram panchayat |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 2262.89 |
Population Total: | 5482 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code: | 304023 |
Registration Plate: | RJ-26 |
Iso Code: | IN-RJ |
Shop is also known as soap and sop, a village located in Uniara Tehsil of Tonk, a district of the state of Rajasthan in Western India.
Shop is located at 25.892296°N 76.210446°E,[1] and covers a total area of 2262.89 km2.
Shop is situated to the north of Uniyara Tehsil and five kilometers west of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway. There are five Anganwadi centers, two banks - Gramin Bank and Indian Iverseas Bank,[2] [3] and a sub tehsil office.[4] There is a hospital.[5]
Shop has a palatial stepwell made of curved stairs and huge rocks. Talghar Lal Chowk and Lal Bazaar Bhawan Kund are built inside this stepwell. This stepwell is famous as the stepwell of Singhasha Baba.[6]
The total population of Shop is 5,482 with 3,835 voters. Kiskanda Bai won the sarpanch post in the Gram panchayat elections for 2020.[7] [8] There are two dhanis here: Manoharpura Malian and Khanjar Dhani. The town still employs the caste system. Some of the major castes at Shop include Dhakad, Meena, Gurjar, and Mali.
Shop's economy is agrarian. Some crops produced include wheat and mustard, which are grown as Rabi crops; Urad, moong, maize and millet, which are grown as Kharif crops. The village also has a pond (Amalia), where Singahara is cultivated.