Serasan is a district in the Natuna Regency, Riau Islands, Indonesia. It is located on the western half of Serasan Island and includes 34 named islands, 4 inhabited islands and 7 villages.
Villages There are 7 villages in the Serasan District. 5 villages use a spring for water, 1 uses a well, and 1 uses refillable water. All 7 villages use kerosene for cooking, and there are 1,566 families using electricity. The district is almost all Muslim, with 98.75% of the population practicing Islam, and the rest being Christian or Buddhist. There are 8 mosques in the district, with 1 in each village and 2 in Serasan. There are also 6 musallas, 1 in Jermalik and Tanjung Balau, and 2 in Pangkalan and Serasan. There are 17 sports facilities in the district. Each town has a volleyball court, 5 have a soccer field, 4 have a table tennis facility, and there is also 1 futsal, billiards, badminton and court tennis facility in the district. There are 3 lodges in the district, 3 in Serasan and 1 in Tanjung Setelung. There is public transportation in 6 villages, although there are no fixed routes. All villages also have asphalt or concrete roads open throughout the year. There is an operational post office in the village of Serasan with the postal code of 29781. There are 4 cell towers in the district, and at least 1 communication service operators serves the villages. All but 2 villages have 4G LTE, with Tanjung Balau and Pangkalan only having 2.5G. There are 8 restaurants on the island, with all but 1 in Serasan.
+ Villages of Serasan Village Area (km²) % of subdistrict area Terrian Kampung Hilir (id) 1.60 3.58 Plains Batu Berian (id) 8.15 18.22 Slopes Tanjung Setelung (id) 3.53 7.90 Slopes Tanjung Balau (id) 3.05 6.82 Slopes Pangkalan (id) 6.06 13.56 Plains Jermalik (id) 17.33 38.76 Plains Serasan 4.99 11.66 Plains
+ Population Village Males Females Total % of total population Kampung Hilir 270 257 5279.87 Batu Berian 362 366 72813.63 Tanjung Setelung 329 308 63711.93 Tanjung Balau 255 219 4748.87 Pangkalan 278 259 53710.05 Jermalik 231 204 435 8.14 Serasan 1,011 992 2,00337.50 Total 2,736 2,605 5,341100.00
+ Population Statistics Village Population density (km²) Sex ratio # of households Kampung Hilir 329.58 105.06 167 Batu Berian 89.36 98.91 219 Tanjung Setelung 180.23 106.82 186 Tanjung Balau 155.53 116.44 158 Pangkalan 88.57 107.34 163 Jermalik 25.10 113.24 129 Serasan 401.23 101.92 691 Total 119.44 105.03 1,713
Education Type of school # of schools⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Students⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀TeachersPublicPrivatePublicPrivatePublicPrivate Kindergarten 1 6 81991117 Raudhatul Athfal (id) 0 2 068010 Elementary School 7 0 5590890 Junior High School 3 0 2390400 Madrasah Tsanawiyah (id) 0 1 062014 Senior High School 1 0 2770310 Total 12 9115622917141
History On March 6, 2023, landslides caused by heavy rains on the islands, killed 50 and left many missing.
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