People often have a very surface level understanding of caste and its real life effects on wealth/status. One example I can personally give is about Zamindar Rajputs in the plains of Western UP vs the Zamindar (Thokdar) Rajputs of the Garhwal & Kumaon Hills. Due to the location

of the national capital in Delhi, and the knock-on development effects on nearby areas, Rajput landlords in parts of Western UP have now seen their ancestral landholdings grow in value beyond their wildest dreams, meaning that even relatively unknown Rajput families of the region

have been able to sell off their lands for crores and crores of cash, and now enjoy lifestyle far more lavish than possible in most of history. On the other hand, in the hills of Uttarakhand, the land has remained as unproductive as before, and most Rajput Thokdar (Landlord)

families with the means have shifted to Dehradun, Rishikesh, Haridwar, Udham Singh Nagar, Delhi, etc. All their supposed ancestral wealth has amounted to almost nothing in actual monetary value. So, even though they may have the historical/feudal 'caste honour' thing going for

them, most of them find it difficult to fund a real life aristocratic lifestyle due to the lack of real financial wealth. Almost all of their recent wealth and monetary gains are the result of acquiring new lands and properties in the Doon Valley or other similar areas in the

plains where they have settled. Meanwhile, even the most incompetent of landlord Rajputs in Western UP can afford to have multiple SUVs, flats in NCRs, vacations abroad, etc, with their the exponential bloating of their ancestral lands. My aim here is not to go around complaining

about the "unfairness" of it all, but to just point out that the same caste group in a landlord position in neighbouring regions could have seen very different real life outcomes depending on geography and certain political developments. To be honest, personally, as a member of a

family which acquired fairly large-sized landholdings in the Doon Valley before property prices grew exponentially after Dehradun was made the capital, I can't complain a lot, but the fact remains, that compared to landlord Rajputs in the plains, we still lag behind, while many

of our brethren who were late to migrate to the plains, have been completely left behind. Anyways, over the long term, these things probably won't matter that much, and the industriousness and shrewdness of our community will eventually pay just dividends.