Pokhriabong is located 29 kilometres from the town of Darjeeling on the Nagri spur which divides the waters of Balason River from its tributary Rangbhang.

Pokhriabong also attracts a wide number of tourists as it is very natural and people here are very friendly.

Languages spoken here are Nepali, English, Bengali, Hindi, Rai, limbu, Lepcha, Tibetan The map alongside shows a part of the southern portion of the Darjeeling Himalayan hill region in the Darjeeling district.

[4] Such places are marked in the map as CT (census town) or R (rural/ urban centre).

There is also snakes wild boar black deer if lucky or unlucky one might get a chance to see a leopard.