''Kuchi'' is a suffix using in the name of areas of the Kamrup region, both urban and rural. The word is derived from Kamrupi language meaning cluster of villages. Different references of its usage were found in ancient and medieval times. Vaidyadeva issued his grant from village named Hangsakuchi. The plates of Vallabha mentioned Debonikuchi and Samsrahikuchi; Pancolakuchi, Daluvakuchi and Dudhavakuchi found in the Nilachala plates of medieval poet Madhavadeva.
