The estate collected ₹1400 annually as professional tax from traders stationed at Hathwa. The ruling family of Hathwa Raj were related to the Majhauli Raj of Gorakhpur district. However, the full genealogy of the Hathwa family has been lost as the "farmans", "nishads" and "parwanas" were destroyed when Fateh Bahadur Sahi rebelled. Durga Puja was a major attraction for the Hathwa Raj family and all the family members would gather to worship their Durga at Thawe Mandir. Rituals consisted of the Maharaja traveling in a buggy to the Gopal Mandir, and then to the Sheesh Mahal for the annual durbar and onwards on an elephant for darshan of the Maiyya on Vijayadashmi. The Hathwa family still celebrates some of the customs including sacrificing buffaloes and goats during puja.