HOUSING TYPES

Kutcha House
o Foundation: Earthen plinth with bamboo (sometimes timber)
posts.
o Walls: Organic materials - jutestick, catkin grass, straw, bamboo
mats, etc. Split bamboo framing. Earthen walls in some areas.
o Roof: Thatch - rice or wheat or maize straw, catkin grass, etc
with split bamboo or sometimes reed stalk framing.
Kutcha House

Semi-Pucca House
o Foundation: Earthen plinth; Brick perimeter wall with earth
infill; Brick and concrete.
o Walls: Bamboo mats; CI sheet; Timber (sometimes split
bamboo) framing. Earthen walls in some areas. Sometimes part
or full brick.
Semi-Pucca House o Roof: CI sheet with timber framing (sometimes split bamboo).

Pucca House
o Foundation: Brick and
concrete.
o Walls: Brick.
o Roof: Reinforced concrete
Pucca House (RC).