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    Menavali village is located in Maharashtra's Satara district. It has a population of 2,231 people living in 470 houses. The village has vernacular architecture features including wadas, which are traditional Maharashtrian residences organized around open courtyards. Wadas are typically two stories tall with rooms arranged around interior courtyards to provide ventilation and privacy. Construction materials include wood, stone, and brick, with thick external walls to keep interiors cool. The village experiences a pleasant climate year-round and receives moderate rainfall.

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    Menavali village is located in Maharashtra's Satara district. It has a population of 2,231 people living in 470 houses. The village has vernacular architecture features including wadas, which are traditional Maharashtrian residences organized around open courtyards. Wadas are typically two stories tall with rooms arranged around interior courtyards to provide ventilation and privacy. Construction materials include wood, stone, and brick, with thick external walls to keep interiors cool. The village experiences a pleasant climate year-round and receives moderate rainfall.

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    Menavali village is located in Maharashtra's Satara district. It has a population of 2,231 people living in 470 houses. The village has vernacular architecture features including wadas, which are traditional Maharashtrian residences organized around open courtyards. Wadas are typically two stories tall with rooms arranged around interior courtyards to provide ventilation and privacy. Construction materials include wood, stone, and brick, with thick external walls to keep interiors cool. The village experiences a pleasant climate year-round and receives moderate rainfall.

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    CHANDIGARH UNIVERSITY

    SUBJECT – VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE

    TOPIC – VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE OF INDIAN VILLAGE (MENAVALI VILLAGE,


    SATARA MAHARASHTRA)

    SUBMITTED BY –
    SUBMITTED TO – MUKUL SHARMA
    AR.NEELAM KUMARI 18BAR1029
    SEM 7TH
    LOCATION
    Menavali village is located in Wai Tehsil of Satara district in Maharashtra, India. It is
    situated 4km away from sub-district headquarter Wai and 36km away from district
    headquarter Satara.
    • Menavali Total area is 390.79 hectares, Non-Agricultural area is 5 hectares and Total irrigated area is
    340.24 hectares

    • Menavali Pin code is 412803 and postal head office is Wai .

    • Kolan ( 1KM ) , Malkampeth ( 1KM ) , Gaikwad Colony ( 1KM ) , Bhogaon ( 2KM ) , Nawechi Wadi ( 2KM
    ) are the nearby Villages to Menavali. Menavali is surrounded by Jawali Taluka towards South ,
    Khandala Taluka towards East , Mahabaleshwar Taluka towards west , Bhor Taluka towards North .

    Menavali Census Details


    • Menavali Local Language is Marathi.
    • Menavali Village Total population is 2231 and number of houses are 470.
    • Village literacy rate is 75.9% and the Female Literacy rate is 36.4%.
    Census Parameter Census Data Total Male Female
    Population Population Population
    Total Population 2231

    Total No of Houses 470 2,231 1,103 1,128

    Female Population % 50.6 % ( 1128)

    Total Literacy rate % 75.9 % ( 1693)


    POPULATION
    Female Literacy rate 36.4 % ( 811)

    Scheduled Tribes Population % 0.7 % ( 15)


    51% 49%
    Scheduled Caste Population % 16.1 % ( 359)

    Working Population % 44.7 %

    Child(0 -6) Population by 2011 259


    MALE FEMALE

    Girl Child(0 -6) Population % by 2011 48.6 % ( 126)


    Menavali village
    Houses

    Menavali school

    Shiva temple

    Menavali ghat
    Nana phadnavis Wada
    Krishna river
    Education Transportation
    • Government Pre Primary, Govt Primary and Govt Middle • Public Bus service available in this village.
    Schools are available in this Village. • There is no Railway Station in less than 10 km.
    • Nearest Govt Disabled School, Private Medical College, • No Nearest National Highway in less than 10 km.
    Private MBA college and Private Polytechnic College are • Pucca road, Kuccha Road, Macadam Road and Foot Path
    in Satara. are other Roads and Transportation within the village.

    Agriculture
    • Fertilizer is Product Manufactured in this village.
    • 12 hours agricultural power supply in summer and 15
    hours agricultural power supply in winter is available in
    this village.

    Health
    • 1 Mobile Health Centre available in this village.
    TOPOGRAPHY
    Menavali village is located 17.68N 73.98E. It lies in the Satara District. Satara city is surrounded by seven
    mountains. Satara lies on the slope of Ajinkyatara fort. It lies on the western side of the deccan plateau.
    Pune and Solapur are the main cities close to Satara.
    National Highway 48 (formerly National Highway 4) passes through Satara,
    between Karad and Khandala,Kaas Plateau, a valley of flowers, is situated 25 kms away from Satara .Water
    from the Kaas lake is supplied to Satara city for drinking purposes.
    The Satara District experiences earthquakes of minor magnitudes. the epicenter of these earthquakes are
    scattered in Phaltan district.
    CLIMATE
    Menavali village has a pleasant climate all year round due
    to mountains surroundings the village. Summers are not
    too hot and winters are not too cold. minavali village
    receives moderate rainfall around 1200 to 1500mm all
    year around.

    Average temp. menavali Weather by month


    WHAT IS A WADA?
    • Wada is the example of vernacular architecture in western Maharashtra.
    • The traditional residence in Maharashtra was called the Wada.
    • A Wada was typically a large building of two or more storey with groups of rooms
    arranged around open courtyards.
    • This type of architectural style deal perfectly with air and light, resulting to great
    ventilation of both.
    • It also fulfilled security/privacy concern, due to the exterior structure.
    • Variation in Wada's due to differences in –
    • Economic status
    • Culture
    • Lifestyle
    • Dissimilarities in site
    TYPES OF WADA -

    Functioning of courtyard during a


    day
    • Example of ordinary Wada typology
    • It has square plan
    • Two storied structure with court abutting the street
    • House and its main entrance are oriented towards the east.
    ZONING
    most significant features of the Wada was the way it’s zoning of public, private and semi-private
    spaces was done.
    This can be seen very distinctly in the plan.
    TYPICAL WADA
    TYPICAL WADA
    • Umbartha (threshold of Wada) ritually patterned with rangolis.
    • Footprints of Lakshmi were also made.
    SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WADA
    • Separate entrances for guests, domestic help, people visiting the durbar, separate entries for the
    people performing in the durbar and a separate entry into the cattle shed.
    • There are 4 entrances to the house.
    • Privacy for the women given a priority.
    • Three main courtyards or chowks.
    • The Wada has it’s entrance in the southern side.
    • There were very few openings on the sides of the building, so the rooms were not well lit.
    • The rooms were ventilated from the courtyards.

    Small window openings with Visual showing the environment Wooden battens supporting the
    wooden grills of the Wada upper floor
    Ring in the courtyard Stone base supporting a Carving on wooden door
    to tie horse wooden pillar frame
    •All the staircases were places in 4ft
    thick walls.
    •This was done so that when the
    women moved around in the house
    they wouldn’t be seen from the
    outside.
    •This way the privacy of the house
    was maintained.
    •All the external walls of the Wada
    were 4ft thick.
    •This helped to keep the interior of
    the wall cool in summers.

    Types of windows Types of doors


    CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
    ◦ Wooden frame structure
    ◦ High basalt stone plinth
    ◦ Thick brick infill walls
    ◦ arched entrance constructed out of bricks
    ◦ Most commonly used materials are WOOD, STONE AND BRICK Wooden trusses supporting the
    sloping Mangalore tiled roof
    REFRENCES

    1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menawali
    2. http://www.onefivenine.com/india/villages/Satara/Wai/Menavali
    3. https://villageinfo.in/maharashtra/satara/wai/menavali.html
    THANK YOU

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