| Pokhriabong | |
| Native Name: | Pokhrebong |
| Native Name Lang: | Nepali |
| Nickname: | Village surrounded by Nine Tea Gardens |
| Settlement Type: | Small town |
| Pushpin Map: | India West Bengal# India |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in West Bengal, India |
| Coordinates: | 26.9615°N 88.1806°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | West Bengal |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Darjeeling |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 5.11 |
| Elevation M: | 1684 |
| Population Total: | 3051 |
| Population As Of: | 2001 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Demonym: | Pahadi |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Nepali, English |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code: | 734216 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Darjeeling |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Darjeeling |
Pokhriabong (also spelt as Pokhribong or Pokhrabong) is a village in the Jorebunglow Sukhiapokri CD block in the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision of the Darjeeling district in West Bengal, India.
Pokhriabong is located at 26.9615°N 88.1806°W.
The map alongside shows a part of the southern portion of the Darjeeling Himalayan hill region in the Darjeeling district. In the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision 61.00% of the total population lives in the rural areas and 39.00% of the population lives in the urban areas. In the Mirik subdivision 80.11% of the total population lives in the rural areas and 19.89% lives in the urban areas.[1] [2] There are 78 tea gardens/ estates (the figure varies slightly according to different sources), in the district, producing and largely exporting Darjeeling tea. It engages a large proportion of the population directly/ indirectly.[3] Some tea gardens were identified in the 2011 census as census towns or villages.[4] Such places are marked in the map as CT (census town) or R (rural/ urban centre). Specific tea estate pages are marked TE.
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
According to the 2011 Census of India, Pokhriabong Khasmahal had a total population of 3,051 of which 1,511 (50%) were males and 1,540 (50%) were females. There were 252 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Pokhriabong Khasmahal was 2,473 (81.06% of the population over 6 years).[5]
This area has a small population of the endangered Chinese pangolin. For the avid bird watcher, there is a plethora of Himalayan bird life in the area, treepies, barbets, pheasants, flycatchers, sunbirds and orioles to name a few. Also different species of butterflies can be seen if one is lucky enough. There is also snakes wild boar black deer if lucky or unlucky one might get a chance to see a leopard.