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Poobong

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Country
  
India

District
  
Darjeeling

PIN
  
734102

Elevation
  
1,675 m

Population
  
993 (2004)

State
  
West Bengal

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Telephone code
  
0091 354

Local time
  
Friday 4:58 AM

Poobong

Weather
  
14°C, Wind N at 0 km/h, 97% Humidity

Chota Poobong is a small village situated between Sukhiapokhri and Ghoom in the northern end of West Bengal, India.

From the main road it is around 3.5 km rough road down towards the village. The main sources of income of this place was/is working in the Tea Garden but some are engage with agriculture and some went to work different parts of India and abroad.

Poobong has two divisions: Tea estate and Busty, there are 4 primary schools, Chettri Goan Pry school, poobong Kaman Pry school, Alubari Pry School and Poobong Fatak Pry school; one junior high school is in school Dara. For higher education they have to go to Ghoom, Sukhia, Darjeeling etc.

References

Poobong Wikipedia