Their services were remunerated by the cultivators in the form of an annual payment in sheaves of corn and a few seers of other grain grown in the field,[7] such as wheat, hulga, gram, tur, groundnut, and others.
For special services rendered on ceremonial occasions, payments were made in cash, grain or clothes.
At the time of a marriage ceremony, when the bridegroom went to the temple to pray, he held his horse and received a turban as a present.
[8] In this list of Balutedar: Dhor, Mang, Mahar, and Chambhar belonged to the untouchable group of castes.
[9] [1] In exchange for their services, the balutedars were granted hereditary rights (watan) to a share in the village harvest.