Serango is a village in Gumma tahasil, Gajapati district, Odisha state, India. It is located 36 kilometres (22 mi) North of its district headquarters at Paralakhemundi, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from Gumma, and 305 kilometres (190 mi) from the state capital at Bhubaneswar. It is close to Mahendragiri, one of the highest mountain peaks in the state.[1]
Serango | |
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Village | |
  Serango  Serango | |
| Coordinates: 19°00′25.8″N 84°02′43.1″E / 19.007167°N 84.045306°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Odisha |
| District | Gajapati District |
| Elevation | 61 m (200 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 2,710 |
| Demonym | Saura |
| Language | |
| • Official | Odia Saura |
| Employment | |
| • Rate | 50% |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 761207 |
| Telephone code | 06817 |
Brief history
editSerango is where Canadian Baptist Missionaries began their work in the region during the early 20th century. Their monument, Bethany Bungalow, still there today. They also established a mission hospital, that is, the Serango Christian Hospital, that continues to serve the need for those in medical need and it was their first such enterprise. One branch is operating near Paralakhemundi, that is, the CBM Eye Services, Ranipeta. They also started an orphanage here.[2][3]
It is also the centre for the development of Soura literature because the missionaries had the Bible translated into that languages as a means of propagating their beliefs.[4]
Education
editSerango has two primary schools, being Serango Government High School[5] and Jisu Prem English School.[6][7][8]
There are no other educational facilities but nearby colleges include:
- Centurion School Of Rural Enterprise Management
- S.k.C.G College
- Jagannath Institute For Technology And Management
- Meena Ketan Degree College
References
edit- ^ http://gopabandhuacademy.gov.in/gztr/ganjam.pdf District Profile, Gopabandhu Academy page 496
- ^ http://gopabandhuacademy.gov.in/gztr/ganjam.pdf District Profile, Gopabandhu Academy page 140
- ^ http://clin.cmcvellore.ac.in/otherwebsite/mission_support/networking.asp CMC Vellore
- ^ http://gopabandhuacademy.gov.in/gztr/ganjam.pdf District Profile, Gopabandhu Academy page 131
- ^ "Serango Govt. High School, Serango, GAJAPATI, 761207". Acadym.com. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ^ "Jisu Prem School, Serango, Gajapati – Orissa". ICBSE.com. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ^ "Jisu Prem English School". Wikimapia. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ^ Abraham, Royce. "A Day in the Life of Jisu Prem English School". The Church at Powai. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
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