HILL

HOUSE
DOCUMENTATION
VILLAGE: JAMLI-PLASI P.O.:MUNDKHAR TEH:BHORANJ, DIS:
HAMIRPUR (HP)
BACKGROUND
HISTORICAL
HAMIRPUR IS A PART OF KANGRA RIYASAT.
HISTORICALLY KNOWN AS TRIGARAT REGION
SURROUNDED BY RAVI,SATLUJ AND BEAS.
HAMIRCHAND ESTABLISHED HAMIRPUR AND
ESTABLISHED SUJANPUR AS HIS CAPITAL, THUS

GE OGRAPHY

HILLS :
IN THE SOUTH NUMEROUS OUTCROPS OF GNEISS
ROCKS, TENDING TO CLUSTER INTO LOW RANG-
ES. SURROUNDED BY UNEVEN BROKEN TRACTS
AND COVERED FOR THE MOST PART WITH STUNT-
ED JUNGLE ARE SUCCEEDED BY A MORE LEVEL
TRACT IN WHICH THE HILLS GROW SPARSER.
NOW APPROXIMATELY ALL HILL AREA HAVE COME
UNDER NEWLY CREATED DISTRICT-MAHOBHA.
RIVERS :HAMIRPUR IS HOME FOR MANEY DESO-
NAL STREAMS WITH VARIOUS FLASH FLOODS IN
MONSOONS, BEAS BEING A MAIN RIVER FLOW-
ING IN NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF DISTRICT.
SEISMICITY :
NO EARTHQUAKE HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN THE
DISTRICT DURING LAST 200 YEARS. THE DIS-
TRICT HAS, HOWEVER EXPERIENCED ON A FEW
OCCASIONS EARTHQUAKES ORIGINATING IN
THE HIMALAYAN BOUNDARY FAULT ZONE.,
MORADABAD FAULT AND NARMADA TAPTI FAULT
ZONES.
TEMPERATURE :
MAY AND THE BEGINING OF JUNE ARE
GENERALLY THE HOTTEST PERIOD OF
THE YEAR AND MAXIMUM TEMPERA-
TURE IN MAY IS ABOUT 43º C AND
MINIMUM ABOUT 28ºC. THE HEAT
DURING THE SUMMER IS INTENSE.THE
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE ON INDI-
VIDUAL DAYS SOMETIMES REACHES
45ºC OR MORE. DURING COLD SEASON
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE SOMETIMES
DROPS DOWN TO ABOUT 2 OR 3ºC.
(SOURCE – DISTRICT GAZETTER)

CLIMATE :
THE CLIMATE OF THE DISTRICT IS CHARACTERIZED BY AN INTENSELY HOT SUMMER, A PLEASANT COLD SEASON . THE SUM-
MER SEASON FROM MARCH TO ABOUT MIDDLE OF JUNE IS FOLLOWED BY THE SOUTH-WEST MONSOON SEASON FROM MID-
JUNE TO THE END OF SEPTEMBER. OCTOBER AND FIRST HALF OF NOVEMBER CONSITITUTE THE POST-MONSOON PERIOD. THE
COLD SEASON IS FROM MID-NOVEMBER TO FEBRUARY.

CULTURE TRADITION
INDEED, HAMIRPUR’S CULTURE, LIKE ITS AMONG THE JHERAS, GUGGA CHOUHA
LIFE, IS SIMPLE, YET VIBRANT. ON SPECIAL COMES FIRST IN THE POPULARITY LIST.
OCCASIONS SUCH AS WEDDING, FAIRS AND GUGGA CHOUHA WAS A WORRIER KING
FESTIVALS, THEIR INHERENT LOVE FOR LIFE BORN OF A CHAUHAN RAJPUT. IN DIFFER-
COMES OUT THROUGH DANCES AND SONGS. ENT STATES HE IS CALLED BY DIFFERENT
GIDHA IS A POPULAR FOLK DANCE FOR THE NAMES. IN HAMIRPUR, HE IS WORSHIPPED
WOMEN WHILE CHANDERWALI IS DANCE AS FOLK DEITY, WHO PROTECTS HIS FOL-
FORM IN WHICH ONLY THE MEN CAN TAKE LOWERS FROM ALL KINDS OF ILLS. RAJA
PART. SIMILARLY, JETRAS ARE THE FOLK SANSAR CHAND IS ALSO ANOTHER POPU-
SONGS SUNG BY THE LADIES WHILE SONGS LAR JHERA SUNG BY THE MUSICIANS OF
SUNG BY MEN ARE KNOWN AS JHERAS. IN HAMIRPUR. THE RAJA WAS ONE OF THE
GENERAL, JHERAS ARE CENTERED ON BAT- MOST POPULAR KINGS OF THIS REGION,
TLES FOUGHT LONG AGO.AND RAJA SIRMOUR WHO TRIED TO REGAIN THE LOST GLORY
ARE ALSO TWO OTHER POPULAR JHERAS. OF THE KATOCH DYNASTY. RAJA BHANGAL
VILLAGE:GROGRAPHY
ABOUT 1189M, ELEVATION OF HIGHEST POINT IN VILLAGE, WHITH COLD WINTERS AND
HOT SUMMERS . THE LAND IS A HOME FOR ALL VARIETIES OF MANGO TREES WITH CLIMATE SUTABLE OF BEST QUALITY OF BAMBOO.
GENTLE SLOPES WITH SOME STEEP DIPS WITH VERY HEIGH SLOE.
SOCIAL HIERARCHY
THE SETTLEMENT HAS VARIOUS WORKING CLASSES LIKE LEATHER WORKERS, BLACK SMITHS, SHOE-MAKERS, LAND-OWNERS, PANDITS
AND FARMERS. WITH VARIATION BASED UPON THE WEALTH ACCORDING TO THEIR RESPECTIVE WORKS. THIS TYPE OF VARIATION LED
TO VARIATION IN LIFESTYLE AND IN THEIR SPACES OF LIFESTYLE . TEMPLES ARE LOCATED NEAR WATER BODY THUS COMPLIMENTING
THE LIFE STYLE OF MORNING WORSHIP AND BRINGING FRESH WATER TO HOME EACH MORNING. MIGRANTS HAVE THERE OWN SEPA-
RATE SPACES OF WORSHIP AND WATER .
ZAMINDAR’S HOUSE
MOST WEALTHIEST FAMILIES OF SETTLEMENT REQUIRING BIG
MEETING SPACE “VERANDAS”, ARCHES WERE USED TO SIGNI-
FY THE POWER CONSTRUCTED USING EXOTIC MATERIALS LIKE
BURNED BRICKS, STONES. CEMENTED FLOORINGS INSTEAD OF
MUDDY AND USE OF EXPENSIVE WOODS.
WORKING-CLASSS HOSUES
THESE ARE THE SIMPLEST FORM HOUSES MADE WITH LOCAL MATERIAL AND BY THE
LOCAL CRAFTSMAN USUALLY CONSTRUCTED AFTER TWO GENERATIONS AND THEN
OLD HOUSE IS CONVERTS TO THE SHEDS FOR THERE ANIMALS
 FARMER,S HOUSE{CASE STUDY}
THIS HOUSE BELONG TO 2ND GEN OF SAHUKARS WHO LOST FAMILY HEAD AND WORKED AS FARMERS. HOUSE IS MADE WITH HOME-
MADE SUN-DRIED CLAY BRICKS, HAVING GROUND ,FIRST FLOOR AND ATTIC WHICH IS USED AS STORAGE SPACE THAT WILL ACT AS A
INSULATOR ABOVE FIRST FLOOR. USE OF BAMBOO AS A REINFORCEMENT IN WALLS, AT LINTEL AND IN ROOF, HOUSE IS A SIMPLE RECT-
ANGLE SHAPE AND FACES WEST.

GROUND FLOOR PLAN FIRST FLOOR PLAN

:::FIRST FLOOR :::RETROFITTED ELEC- :::ATTIC STORAGE

:::WOODEN DOOR
FRAME

:::SILL”0” WINDOW

:::PANNED DOOR

:::SMALL WINDOWS
ON GROUND FLOOR :::INSIDE WALL AL-
MIRAH :::WINDOW