Indian caste follows father or mother.

Indian caste follows father. In India, the caste system is a social system based on bloodline theory, with the ruling class as the center and many endogamous groups divided on the basis of occupation. Caste identity follows father's social custom, and a person's caste identity is determined by his father's caste. The Republic of India, referred to as India for short, is a parliamentary republic in the South Asian subcontinent. It covers an area of about 2.98 million square kilometers (excluding the Indian-occupied area on the Sino-Indian border and the Indian-controlled area in Kashmir), ranking seventh in the world and the largest country in South Asia. The population is about140.8 billion (20021year), ranking second in the world. The capital is New Delhi.