Sarisa, Basta

Sarisa is a village located in the Basta Tehsil of Baleshwar district of Odisha. The village falls in Basta block and comes under Purusottampur Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Balasore parliament constituency and Jaleswar assembly constituency.

As on November 2024, the current population of Sarisa is 962 out of which 483 are males and rest 479 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 992 females per 1000 males. There are around 100 teenagers in Sarisa. It has literacy rate of 62% which means around 601 persons can read and write. Total 289 people belonging to scheduled caste and 66 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 251 households in Sarisa, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 340. The pincode of Sarisa is 756029 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Basta Sub Post office
• Jamalpur Branch Post office
• Khadikapada Branch Post office
• Kushadiha (A) Branch Post office
• Srirampur Branch Post office

Schools

Sarisa has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Bhagabata Jew Upper Primary School Sarisa
• Sarisa Primary

Hospitals

Sarisa has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Machhadiha Sub-Center
• Baharda Sub-Center
• Srirampur Sub-Center
• Basta Main Sub-Center
• Basta Community Health Center

Banks

Sarisa has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• Bank of Baroda Barungadia, Orissa
• State Bank of India Srirampur
• State Bank of India Basta
• UCO Bank Nayagarh Branch