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