Kuchei is located on the way to Similpal and 8 km from Baripada. It is a historical place that witnesses prehistoric stone antiquities and their age. The excavated prehistoric site of Kuchai is known for yielding Neolithic artefacts in association with coarse grit-tempered redware, slipped and showing, in addition, incised or fingertip decoration. Close by, one could find a plethora of temples, a few of them in possession of man. Potteries found with Neolithic implements speak of the occurrence of the Mesolithic industry of the Later Stone Age in the Mayurbhanj districts. Source