The Oligocene Barail Sandstones of Surma basin from parts of Champhai District of Mizoram, northeast India has been studied for their tectono-provenance setting using petrography and geochemistry. The studied sandstones are poor to moderately sorted, subarkosic to sub-litharenite and show dominance of quartz (avg. 54.46%) followed by feldspars (avg. 7.22%), rock fragments (avg. 4.98%), mica (avg. 5.89%), matrix (avg. 14.47%) and cement (avg. 12.98%). Dominance of polycrystalline and undulatory monocrystalline quartz indicates contribution from medium grade metamorphic sources, primarily of granite gneisses. High concentration of SiO$_{2}$ with moderate to low concentration of Al$_{2}$O$_{3}$, Fe$_{2}$O$_{3}$, MgO, Na$_{2}$O and K$_{2}$O resembles the composition of upper continental crust. Moreover, moderate to high concentration of Th and V, depleted value of Ni along with TiO$_{2}$/Zr suggests derivation of sediments from felsic sources. The ratios of Eu/Eu* (avg. 0.63) and La$_{\rm {N}}$/Lu$_{\rm{N}}$ bears resemblance with the upper continental crust. Overall analyses show that the sediments were derived from the felsic terrain of neighbouring orogens probably represented by granite-gneisses and have undergone a moderate degree of weathering (avg. values of CIA: 70.20, CIW: 81.03, PIA: 77.63, WIP: 38.45, ICV: 1.06, I$_{\rm{w}}$ = 2) in a semi-humid to humid climatic conditions [Q$_{\rm{p}}$ /(F + RF):Q$_{\rm{t}}$ /(F + RF) = 0.20].