Cotton, vegetables, and rice are their principal crops. These are taken to the weekly markets, where they are traded for clothing, tools, and jewelry. Supplementary foods are attained by hunting, fishing, and collecting produce from the woods. The women and children are also employed, working for the wealthier land owners. Chodhari craftsmen such as carpenters and weavers are better off economically than those who farm.
Most marriages are monogamous, and the line of descent is through the father.
Premarital sexual relations are prevalent among the Chodhari. They return home after several months and have their union sanctioned. Until puberty, Chodhari girls are allowed to wear western style clothes. They also wear dark blue and white head scarves. Stone memorials are often built for the dead.