The village around the Fort Palace has benefitted in some way from the renovation of the Fort into a world class resort. People from the village are employed there and the owners have built a hospital for the village as well as contributing to the general economy through trickle down tourism. However the village is rustic and crumbling, and still clings to ancient traditions, women do not venture out uncovered, if at all and it is the men who do all the business, all the time.

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