VERNACULAR STUDY

Khizrabad (Kharar)
Location:
Khizrabad

Khizrabad to chandigarh
23 km (10m wide road)

Khizrabad to Kurali
15 km

Khizrabad to Ropar
18 km
 FROM ROPAR

Dargah

t Gurudwaras
Govt. School
Bus Stand
Ground

MAIN ENTRY INTO VILLAGE

WHILE
COMING FROM CHANDIGARH

FROM CHANDIGARH
Classification of Roads FROM ROPAR

We have differentiated the

roads in the following
categories:

1. Primary roads:-
Material - Metalled road
2. Secondary roads:-
Material – mostly unmettaled
roads
3. Tertiary roads:-
Material – paved
(interlocking tiles or
unmettaled)

FROM CHANDIGARH
 Materials
• Primary Road - Metalled road
Width = 25’ – 30’
Plinth height = 1’6” – 2’0”
• Secondary Road – Mostly unmetalled road
Width = 6’ – 12’
Plinth height = 1’6” – 2’0”
• Tertiary Road – Material – paved(interlocking tiles or unmetteled)
Width = 15’ – 25’
Plinth height = 1’0” – 1’6”
Road Sections

Width = 25’ – 30’

Plinth height = 1’6” – 2’0”

Width = 6’ – 12’ Width = 15’ – 25’

Plinth height = 1’6” – 2’0” Plinth height = 1’0” – 1’6”
ROAD SECTION – DRAIN DETAIL.
Concrete Gutter

Water Flow Level

Secondary
Road

UNCOVERED DRAINS.
Tertiary Road

UNCOVERED DRAINS.
Turning radius
o The turning radius on the primary
roads was adequate for turns. Primary Road

o The intersection of primary and Road Width =

3 Mts – 2.5 Mts
secondary roads also had decent
radius for turning.
o The intersections of two secondary
roads were usually tight and cars
Secondary Road
have to be moved carefully. Road Width =
o The tertiary roads were mostly too 2.5 Mts – 2 Mts

narrow to fit any sort of four

wheeler. Tertiary roads were mostly
used for motorcycles, bicycles and
rickshaws.
Tertiary Road
Road Width =
2 Mts - 1 Mts
Primary Road
Secondary Road
Very less space oyeeee!!!

Tertiary Road
SELF SHADING ON THE ROADS
Inferences
o Marking on Roads
o Primary Roads
-Road Shoulder line
-Traffic line marking
-Zebra crossing
o Secondary Roads
-Road shoulder line on some roads

o Road pattern
o Roads in the village have been constructed on the common land that was left
after construction or was intentionally left to make way for pathways and roads.
o Roads are commonly connecting the village to the congregational spaces in the
village.
o They are not modelled on a city or a town, but there is slight influence from the
neighboring villages.
o Village Kuba Heri which is 3.5 km from Khirzabad, has similar type of road
pattern, but due to small scale of the village it is less clustered which helps in
easing out circulation through out the village.
Kuba heri village
Village Kuba Heri which is 3.5 km from
Khirzabad, has similar type of road
pattern, but due to small scale of the
village it is less clustered which helps
in easing out circulation through out
the village.
Khirzabad village
Village Khirzabad has dense networks of
road inside the village, due to large scale
and more population in this village,
circulation in this village is difficult as roads
are not wide enough to accommodate
vehicles.
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