Her father is an Indian Police Service officer and her mother has her own kindergarten in Kolkata.

Since her father was posted in West Bengal she had attended schooling in different parts of the states she done her matriculate from Loreto House, and other from Ashok Hall.

In 2004, she appeared in the mega hit video Bindiya Chamkegi with Upen Patel.

[8] Shonal Rawat has acted in Hindi comedy serial Aaj Ke Shriman Shrimati as a film actress Aishwarya Sen. She is all set to host Sony TV's comedy-based reality show Champion Chaalbaaz No.1.

As the channel heads took a combined decision of not overexposing Mona Singh to the reality show scenario, keeping in mind the to-be-launched reality show, The Extreme Makeover, Shonal Rawat now takes over the anchoring responsibilities of Champion Chaalbaaz No.