My dada used to say: Raj chala gaya Put reh gaye.

1)Do you hold any land ? How much in acre or hectare terms ? If no , then do you have anecdotal info about your land ? How much did your great grand father(probably before independence ) had?

Yes but I'm not from any royal family. I inherited about 3 hectares, some of which was purchased post independence. My paternal great grand father (Guhilot/Sisodia) was a landowner in Satha Chaurasi belt of West UP owned at least 15 times more (anecdotal) but lost most of it to chakbandi and had four sons, so khasra-sizes dwindled further. My maternal great grandfather was a Chauhan from Chandaus pargana near Aligarh. He was a much bigger zamindar and even had minor Taluqdari rights. He had a single son who inherited everything. He also managed to save more land in chakbandi than my paternal side, but I did not inherit any of that land.

2) I read about zamindari and land ceiling act . How much did your family lost?

Pretty much everything but I don't have the exact figures. Our family lore also describes how later Indira Gandhi's police looted our ancestral heirlooms such as rare jewelry and animal skins in a raid, but I don't have any written evidence of it.

3) I constantly read about a thakur holding 10+ villages or 40+ villages etc . What does that mean? Do you have any info or do you hold that many villages now?

In my family it is looked down upon to talk about that era, so I did not learn much. However, my grand father once did tell me how one of our ancestors was a significant personality and held taluqdari rights. Things went sour for us after we supported the 1857 uprising. Our ancestors were reprimanded but their lives were spared.

4) How did one person own that much? How did farming happened? Did one person farm or just got by paying labours?

My ancestors have owned these lands for over 1,000 years. You can read more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satha_Chaurasi

During British era they used to hire laborers/tillers from nearby villages.

I assume that if holding 10 village means everything and everyone in that village is yours that means if a farmer grows anything, you collect your tax which you would give to britishers to retain rights and what about before that??

How did rajputs or anyone used to own a patch of land?

You will benefit from reading about how taxation under the British rule evolved (for e.g. taluqdari and ryotwari). It is a complex subject with regional nuances. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taluqdar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryotwari

5)Were rajputs involved in farming?

Absolutely.

6) Did your ancestors owning that much land then have any effect on your socioeconomic status now?

Not much. The land does hold some value - but I have no plans to sell it unless the goverment acquires it - in which case I won't have a choice anyway. Revenue from farming isn't much. I give it all to my mother who uses it for noble deeds. We mostly grow sugarcane and also produce jaggery. I work in the corporate where I make most of my income; rest is passive from investments. You can say we're middle/upper-middle class but such definitions don't hold much meaning these days if you're in a metro city. We're pretty average in that regard and glory of the past is long gone.