Despite Nangarhar being overwhelmingly Pashtun in culture and language, many of the Zargarani Muhammadzais only speak Dari.
A number of kuchi maldar (nomadic pastoralists) of the Salozai clan camp around the village during the winter months and migrate up the Kabul River in spring.
At least two families of kuchi have settled in the village, bought small parcels of land and built houses.
For domestic water the community has a single well (dug in 2001 by an NGO) which is poorly sited at the highest point in the village.
Water for domestic use is now brought from the wash on the south of the Surkh Rod, which marks the village boundaries to the north.