2.  NAGALAND IS LOCATED IN
NORTH-EASTERN PART OF INDIA.
 IT LIES BETWEEN THE PARALLELS OF 98
DEGREE AND 96 DEGREE EAST
LONGITUDE AND,26.6 DEGREE AND 27.4
DEGREE LATTITUDES OF NORTH OF
EQUATOR.

3.  THE STATE IS
MOSTLY MOUNTANIOUS
EXCEPT THOSE AREAS
BORDERING ASSAM VALLEY.
 THE GATEWAY OF NAGALAND
IS SITUATED AT AN ALTITUDE
OF 195Mts ABOVE SEA LEVEL .

4.  NAGALAND HAS A LARGELY MONSOON
CLIMATE WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS.
 ANNUAL RAINFALL AVERAGES AROUND
1,800 – 2,500 mm AND CONCENTRATED IN
THE MONTHS OF MAY TO SEPTEMBER.
 THE TEMPERATURE RANGES FROM
21 ° C - 40 ° C .
 IN WINTER, THE TEMPERATURE
GENERALLY DO NOT DROP BELOW 4 °C
AND FROST IS COMMON AT HIGH
ELEVATIONS

5.  BELOW 500 mt THE TEMPERATURE IS
HOT AND UNHEALTHY .
 ABOVE 1,500mt IT IS UNPLEASANT ,COLD
IN WINTER.
 DURING MONSOON THE CLOUD IS
PERPETUAL.
 WATER SCARCITY TENDS TO BE PRE
DOMINANT ABOVE 1,500mt
DUE TO THESE CLIMATIC FACTORS
MOST OF THE NAGALAND VILLAGES ARE
LOCATED ALONG THE HILL SLOPE.

6.  NAGALAND VILLAGE PATTERN
DIFFER FROM GROUP TO
GROUP,
RANGING FROM DISPERSE ,
TERRACE TO LINEAR
ARRANGEMENT OF HOUSES
 IN SOME ,HOUSES ARE
GROUPED IN COMPACT
BLOCKS AND ARE ENCLOSED
BY FENCE AND THE OTHER
HOUSES ARE SCATTERED .

7.  PRIMARY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
WERE :
 TIMBER FOR STRUCTURAL
ELEMENTS, LIKE POSTS.
 BAMBOO FOR WALLS AND
OTHER STRUCTURAL
ELEMENTS.
 THATCH AS THE ROOFING
MATERIAL.

8. THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF HOUSES
FOUND HERE :
 EARTH FLOOR.
 EARTH AND RAISED
FLOOR.
 ONLY RAISED FLOOR.

9.  MOST OF THE HOUSES IN NAGALAND
COMPRISES OF A LIVING SPACE AND AN
ENTERANCE AREA.PORCHES, ANTEROOMS
AND STORAGE AREA SUPPLEMENT THE
LIVING SPACE.
 THE INTERIOR OF THE NAGA
HOUSES IS 3-5 mts FROM FLOOR TO RIDGE.
 A LARGE PART OF THIS HEIGHT IS
USED FOR STORAGE PURPOSE –
ESPECIALLY THE SPACE ABOVE THE FIRE
PLACE .

10.  THESE DWELLINGS, LOCATED MAINLY IN THE HILLY
REGIONS CAME UNDER COLD AND CLOUDY CLIMATIC
CATEGORY .
 THE PEOPLE THEN , RELIED MAINLY ON THEIR
PHYSICAL ABILITY TO RESIST THE COLD .
 THE HOUSES DID PROTECT THEM FROM COLD WINDS
THAT BLEW BUT LITTLE TO RETAIN HEAT WITHIN
THE HOUSE , OPENINGS WERE KEPT TO A MINIMUM.
 THE FIRE PLACE WAS SITUATED IN THE LIVING
AUSTERE WHICH HELPED IN RAISING COMFORT
LEVELS WITHIN THESE SPACES.

11.  THE SCALE OF THE PRIVATE SPACES WAS
ALSO SMALLER WHICH MENT THAT A
SMALLER HEAT SOURCE WAS REQUIRED TO
HEAT THE ROOM .
 THE SLOPED ROOFS WORKED BEAUTIFULLY
IN KEEPING THE INTERIORS DRY .
 THE STEEP SLOPE OF THE ROOF ENSURED
THAT NO WATER COULD SEEP IN THROUGH
THE GAPS BETWEEN THE THATCH AND
ENTER THE HOUSE .
 AS A RESULT THE OVERALL DESIGN WAS
KEPT SIMPLE YET COMPLETELY FUNCTIONAL.

12.  VENTILATION FOR KITCHEN.
THE COOKING IS MADE USE
OF THE FIRE FROM BURNING WOOD,
WHICH PRODUSES “CO’
CARBON MONOXIDE.
THE AIR MOVEMENT IN THE COOKING
SPACE IS ZERO , WHICH MAKING THE
PEOPLE OF NAGALAND REDUSE THE
LIFE SPAN ,AS THEY ARE INHALING
THE “CO” GAS DIRECTLY.
AND EVEN THE MATERIALS OF THE INTERIORS GET
SPOILED .