They have thus become landholders, and rank with the higher agricultural castes.

They are addressed as Thakur, a title applied to Rajputs, and Lodhi landowners usually wear the sacred thread.
21.

Status of the cultivator.
The above details have been given to show how the different agricultural castes originated.

Though their origin is so diverse they have, to a great extent, the same status, and it seems clear that this status is dependent on their possession of the land.

In the tracts where they reside they are commonly village proprietors and superior tenants.