Serango is a village in Gumma

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Gajapati district Gajapati district is a district of Odisha State in India. It was created from Ganjam District on 2 October, 1992. Gajapati district was named after Krushna Chandra Gajapati, Krushna Chandra Gajapati Narayan Deb, the King of the Paralakhemundi Est ...

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state, India. It is located North of its district headquarters at

Paralakhemundi Paralakhemundi shortly known as Parala is district Headquarter of Gajapati district and one of the oldest Municipality established in 1885, in the Indian state of Odisha. Majority of the people in the town speak Odia. The city and the Distric ...

, from Gumma, and from the state capital at

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. It is close to Mahendragiri, one of the highest mountain peaks in the state.

Brief history

Serango is where

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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. It is also the centre for the development of

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literature because the missionaries had the Bible translated into that languages as a means of propagating their beliefs.

Education

Serango has two primary schools, being Serango Government High School and Jisu Prem English School. 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

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