The Khang are also known as the Xa Khao, Xa Xua, Xa Don, Xa Dang, Xa Hoc, Xa Ai, Xa Bung and Quang Lam. The Khang language belongs to the Mon-Khmer Group. They grow mainly sticky rice, their staple food. In certain places, the Khang plough and harrow the fields, then distribute seeds. They also farm a few terraced fields.
Animal husbandry is popular.
Their basketry work includes chairs, baskets, flat baskets, suitcases, packs and in swallow-tail shaped wooden boats are much liked by the neighbouring Thai people. The Khang often carry a single-handle pack over their forehead. The Khang grow cotton and trade it for cloth and garments with Thais. Khang women dye their teeth black and chew betel. The Khang live in houses on stilts.