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Although the planning, design, and construction of these buildings present a challenge for architects and structural engineers, the architecture on hills always appears to be beautiful, appealing, and soothing to the eyes of the people. Due to the difficult terrain, steep gradient, adverse climate, abundant flora, and susceptibility to natural hazards, the planning and design of buildings in a hill settlement is a laborious and difficult task. Various multi-celebrated structures with contemporary materials and methods are being developed in various slope settlements without regarding the unique circumstance, which influence wellbeing and prosperity of occupants and cause extreme harm to delicate climate in and around slope settlements. In environmentally sensitive hill settlements, the building regulations that are enforced to control development and reduce its negative effects on the environment are contextually inappropriate and lead to contextually inappropriate development and environmental degradation. Since vernacular practices are shown to be supportable, subsequently taking illustrations from reasonable vernacular practices for new turn of events and detailing of building guidelines for accomplishing relevantly proper and manageable improvement in slope settlements is fundamental. The methods used to plan, design, and build buildings in India's hilly regions are the subject of this study. In this paper subjective examination technique has been utilized.