Serango

Serango
Village
Serango
Serango
Coordinates: 19°00′25.8″N 84°02′43.1″E / 19.007167°N 84.045306°E / 19.007167; 84.045306Coordinates: 19°00′25.8″N 84°02′43.1″E / 19.007167°N 84.045306°E / 19.007167; 84.045306
Country  India
State Odisha
District Gajapati District
Elevation 61 m (200 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 77,720
Demonym(s) Sora
Language
 • Official Odia
Employment
 • Rate 50%
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 761207
Telephone code 06817

Serango is a village in Gumma tehsil, Gajapati district, Odisha state, India. It is located 26 kilometres (16 mi) south of its district headquarters at Paralakhemundi, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Gumma, and 273 kilometres (170 mi) from the state capital at Bhubaneswar. It is close to Ajayagada, one of the highest mountain peaks in the state.[1]

Brief history

Serango is where Canadian Baptist missionaries began their work in the region. Their monument, Bethany Bunglow, still there today. Their mission hospital, established in 1860 and still standing, was their first such enterprise. One branch is operating near Paralakhemundi. 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

Serango 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

  1. ↑ http://gopabandhuacademy.gov.in/gztr/ganjam.pdf District Profile, Gopabandhu Academy page 496
  2. ↑ http://gopabandhuacademy.gov.in/gztr/ganjam.pdf District Profile, Gopabandhu Academy page 140
  3. ↑ http://clin.cmcvellore.ac.in/otherwebsite/mission_support/networking.asp CMC Vellore
  4. ↑ http://gopabandhuacademy.gov.in/gztr/ganjam.pdf District Profile, Gopabandhu Academy page 131
  5. ↑ "Serango Govt. High School, Serango, GAJAPATI, 761207". Acadym.com. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Jisu Prem School, Serango, Gajapati - Orissa". ICBSE.com. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Jisu Prem English School". Wikimapia. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  8. ↑ Abraham, Royce. "A Day in the Life of Jisu Prem English School". The Church at Powai. Retrieved 8 March 2018.

19°00′25.8″N 84°02′43.1″E / 19.007167°N 84.045306°E / 19.007167; 84.045306 (Serango)

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