A koocha is generally a corner or a chauraha which serves as a common meeting place and leads to a katra. There can be several koochas in a katra. A koocha mostly has a lot of shops. Even today, most koochas are market places.
Koocha Mahajani
As one walks towards the…

A katra is a cluster of houses and shops within a defined or undefined enclosed space. It is the smallest subset of a residential community. Most katras were actually massive havelis earlier. Even the lanes and by-lanes within a katra were originally not lanes but navigable spaces, leading a…