Sukhiapokhri

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Sukhiapokhri
सुके पोखरी
Town
Sukhiapokhri
Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates: 26°59′55″N 88°10′2″E / 26.99861°N 88.16722°E / 26.99861; 88.16722
Country  India
State West Bengal
District Darjeeling
Elevation 2,194 m (7,198 ft)
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 734221
Telephone code 91 354
Vehicle registration WB-73, WB-74
Lok Sabha constituency Darjeeling
Vidhan Sabha constituency Darjeeling

Sukhiapokhri (Nepali: सुके पोखरी) is a small hilly locality in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India. It is located 11 km from Ghum on the way to Mirik.,[1]

Sukhiapokhri Friday market


Transport

Sukhiapokhri is near Nepal's eastern border with India at Ilam District, Mechi Zone. There is a crossing to Pashupatinagar town with a Nepal customs checkpoint. Indian and Nepalese nationals cross without restriction.

Tourism

One road from Sukhiapokhri leads to Manebhanjang and then on to the trekking tracks to Sandakfu and Falut along the Singalila Ridge.[2][3]

From Sukhiapokhri one can go to different tea gardens and other small towns or villages in the area. Jorepokhri is the home of the Himalayan salamander (Tylototriton verrucosus), now extinct in most parts of the world. There are several towns/villages on the India-Nepal border – Manebhanjang, Simana, etc.[4] Sukhiapokhri has a police station.

Sandakfu is considered a trekkers’ paradise. The road up to Manebhanjang is jeepable. Trekking into Sandakfu starts from an altitude of 1,524 metres (5,000 feet) and gradually climbs up Falut (meaning peeled summit or denuded peak) at a height of 3,638 metres (11,936 ft) at the trijunction of West Bengal, Sikkim and Nepal. This is normally the end of the trekking route.[5] after passing through forests of rhododendrons, giant magnolias, spruce, other trees of subalpine region and more than 600 varieties of orchids. For those who are interested in flora, the best period to visit is April–May, but for the mountain gazers, the best period is October–November. One has in a single stretch – Everest, Makalu, Lhotse, Kumbhakarna, Kanchenjanga, Jomolhari and other peaks.[6]

References

  1. ↑ A Road Guide to Darjiling, map on p. 16, TTK Healthcare Ltd, Publications Division, ISBN 81-7053-173-X.
  2. ↑ Trekking
  3. ↑ Maneybhanjang
  4. ↑ Agarwala, A.P. (editor), Guide to Darjeeling Area, 27th edition, p. 34, ISBN 81-87592-00-1.
  5. ↑ Agarwala, A.P. p. 84.
  6. ↑ Agarwala, A.P. p. 82.

Coordinates: 26°59′55″N 88°10′02″E / 26.9986°N 88.1672°E / 26.9986; 88.1672

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