Marathi Hindu people are historically endogamous within their caste but exogamous with their clan. Marriages may be village endogamous or exogamous. They are endogamous community, consisting of a series of exogamous clans. They are patrilineal exogamous groups with strong family ties. The community is strictly endogamous, and consists of a number of exogamous clans. It refers to the exogamous matrilineal clans and is found amongst most caste groups. Kanwar have large number of exogamous totemic septs which are named after plants and animals. Individuals would marry outside their clan to form exogamous clans. The Baranwals are divided into thirty six gotras (exogamous clans). The clan is divided into three exogamous sub-clans. A jati may be divided into exogamous groups based on the same gotras. Like other Brahmin communities, they consist of gotras which are exogamous. It is an exogamous clan system with only two clans. Each village had three exogamous clans of similar name. In it, there are small number of exogamous lineages known as "gotra".