Serango

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]

Serango
Village
Serango
Serango
Coordinates: 19°00′25.8″N 84°02′43.1″E
Country India
StateOdisha
DistrictGajapati District
Elevation
61 m (200 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total77,720
Demonym(s)Sora
Language
 • OfficialOdia
Employment
 • Rate50%
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
761207
Telephone code06817

Brief history

Serango 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 CBM 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

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

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