History of kochra...!!!

• Village is the unit of rural society. It is veritable theatre of Social-Cultural rural life.
• Indeed, through the functions of the village community the essence of rural life unfolds here.
•  Every Indian village is a historical category.
• The emergence of a village in the flow of time remains etched in the memory of villagers, through the oral tradition.
• KOCHRA village is agro-centric. It is tried up with the history of agricultural economy.
• KOCHRA has its own history. Earlier Sindhudurg was part of Ratnagiri and it later separated.
• One of two girls school lied in this area was in KOCHARA.
• There existed a dam known as “ GANESH DAM” which was built 200 years ago. It was around 500 meters long.
• In 1975 government tried to reconstruct it but it was unsuccessful. Because of the incomplete dam KOCHRA still has 300 acre of land which is not in use.
• In 1982 the SARPANCH of KOCHRA “Mr. LAVU GAWDE was the first person to start fish farming in KOCHRA as well as MAHARASHTRA.”
• The first school which was started it was the girls school.

 

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