Their traditional occupations of palanquin-bearing and field labour are identical with those of the Bauris, as stated by Sir H.Risley.

[457] The name Khadal is a functional one, denoting persons who work with a hoe.

The Khadals have totemistic exogamous groups, the Kilasi sept worshipping a tree, the Julsi and Kandualsi sept a snake-hole, and Balunasi a stone and others the sun.

Each sept salutes the revered object or totem on seeing it, and those who worship trees will not burn them or stand in their shade.

When a marriage takes place they worship the totem and offer to it flowers, sandalwood, vermilion, uncooked rice, and the new clothes and ornaments intended for the bride, which she may not wear until this ceremony has been performed.