[2.1] Foundation

Question 2: what type of construction has the house the family is using now?
House generally means the dwelling place having one or more than one room or floor, with outer wall either of concrete or mud wall with raw materials, having a roof and are using by the people for dwelling purpose.

House can be of different sizes, kinds, and types. Some houses may not have a wall. Some houses are constructed by/beside the wall of other houses (for support) or by/touching the hill or elevated land. In some cases, two houses are constructed dividing them with a wall in the middle. There would be a main door to enter and exit from the house. For the purpose of the enumeration, all these types of dwellings where families are living, including hut, home, building, mansion, flat can be understood as a house. The house might belongs to self or others. If the family has used more than one house for dwelling purpose, the information should be taken from the main house which is in good condition from the perspective of dwelling. If any family is living in rent and have put their house in rent to somebody else or even if the house is vacant during the enumeration period, then the information should be taken from the house or rental space where they are living at the time of enumeration.

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Generally the type of construction of any house depends on the overall structure of the house including construction materials used in/for foundation, outer walls and roof, the floor/stories of the house and the life of the house. In the question, the types of the construction of a house has been determined based on the structure like foundation, outer wall, roof, number of floors/stories, and the year of construction of the house.

2.1 Foundation

Foundation means the structure under the land which is constructed by digging the land and using different kinds of construction materials and which is meant to support whole weight of a house. The type of the foundation of a house is determined by the structure of the foundation and the construction materials used to develop it. The foundation of houses has been described as follows:

Mud bonded brick/stone - If the foundation of a house has used the construction materials like stone, brick, cement block etc. and they have been joined by mud, such foundation is considered as the foundation with brick/stone joined by mud.

Cement bonded brick/stone - If the foundation of a house has used the construction materials like stone, brick, cement block etc. and they have been joined by cement, such foundation is considered as the foundation with brick/stone joined by cement.

RCC pillar- If the foundation of a house is constructed by digging the land and using construction materials like cement, gravels/concrete, sand and iron bar/rod, with pillar which has been made flat enough like the feet of an elephant at the base, then such foundation is considered cemented foundation with pillar.

Wooden pillar: If the foundation of a house has been constructed by making pits on the land, putting wood pillars on those pits and construction materials like stone, clay, and brick pieces have been used to support and made stand the wood pillar, then such foundation is considered as foundation with wood pillar.

Others- If the foundation of a house is constructed in a different way other than the structure stated above, then it should be specified in the category of others.

When specifying the foundation of a house by the enumerator, if the foundation of the house where the family is living is made with brick/stone joined by mud, then he should circle the reference 1, if it is made with brick/stone joined by cement then circle the indicator/symbol 2, if it cemented with pillar then circle the indicator/symbol 3, if it is of wood pillar then circle the indicator/symbol 4, and if the foundation is made in a different way than these, circle the indicator/symbol 5 and the description for the indicator 5 should be specified.