# Balam Gewog Gewog, Monggar Dzongkhag – Villages & Map

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/monggar/balam/

Gewog · Monggar Dzongkhag 

# Balam Gewog

Balam Gewog is a gewog (block of villages) of Bhutan in Monggar Dzongkhag. It covers **27.2 km²**. 3 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 27.2km²
- 1mapped services

## Where is Balam Gewog?

Balam Gewog lies in [Monggar Dzongkhag](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/monggar/), [Bhutan](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/). It borders 5 other gewogs: [Drametse Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/monggar/drametse/), [Narang Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/monggar/narang/), [Ngatshang Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/monggar/ngatshang/), [Shermung Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/monggar/shermung/) and [Yangnyer Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/trashigang/yangnyer/). By area it is the 184th largest of 205 gewogs in Bhutan. It covers 1.4% of [Monggar Dzongkhag](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/monggar/). The centre of Balam Gewog is about 175 km in a straight line from Thimphu, the capital. It is about 19 km from Mongar, the main town of Monggar Dzongkhag. The centre point is at 27.3477° N, 91.4092° E.

Source: [OCHA ROAP via HDX, Bhutan administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-btn).

## Villages and localities in Balam Gewog

Open gazetteers list **3 villages, towns and localities** in Balam Gewog.

- Barka Phai
- Khebishing
- Yangban

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).

## Weather in Balam Gewog and the best time to visit

In Balam Gewog, the warmest month is Jul (average 18 °C) and the coolest is Jan (4 °C). About 1,086 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (244 mm) and the driest Dec (3 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **April and October**.

- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 4 5 

Feb 5 13 

Mar 8 27 

Apr 11 94 

May 14 137 

Jun 17 182 

Jul 18 244 

Aug 17 185 

Sep 16 124 

Oct 12 64 

Nov 8 6 

Dec 5 3 

Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/).

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Balam Gewog

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Muhung BHU II · Shermung 3.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.36249&mlon=91.37691#map=17/27.36249/91.37691) 

Bank Bank of Bhutan (BOB) · Samkhar 14 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.33087&mlon=91.55130#map=17/27.33087/91.55130) 

Petrol pump BOD · Samkhar 13 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.32128&mlon=91.53624#map=17/27.32128/91.53624) 

Hotel Druk Deothjung Resort · Samkhar 13 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.32669&mlon=91.54301#map=17/27.32669/91.54301) 

Mall U. Thra Tshongkhang · Shumer 35 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.03582&mlon=91.42608#map=17/27.03582/91.42608) 

School Balam Primary School · Balam 2.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.33734&mlon=91.39203#map=17/27.33734/91.39203) 

College Sherubtse college · Kanglung 13 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.28503&mlon=91.52292#map=17/27.28503/91.52292) 

Police station Community Police Center · Kanglung 13 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.27958&mlon=91.51128#map=17/27.27958/91.51128) 

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Straight-line distance from the centre of the division, within 40 km.

## Hospitals, banks and other services in Balam Gewog

Places mapped inside Balam Gewog in open map data, by type.

- Schools1

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Coverage depends on what has been mapped; contact details are not shown.

## Other gewogs in Monggar Dzongkhag

- Chaskhar
- Chhali
- Drametse
- Drepung
- Gongdue
- Jurmey
- Kengkhar
- Mongar
- Narang
- Ngatshang
- Saleng
- Shermung
- Silambi
- Thangrong
- Tsakaling
- Tsamang

## Quick answers

- Where is Balam Gewog?In Monggar Dzongkhag, Bhutan
- What borders Balam Gewog?Drametse Gewog, Narang Gewog, Ngatshang Gewog, Shermung Gewog and Yangnyer Gewog
- How many villages are in Balam Gewog?3 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the best time to visit Balam Gewog?April and October
- Where is the nearest hospital to Balam Gewog?Muhung BHU II, about 3.6 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Balam Gewog?Bank of Bhutan (BOB), about 14 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Balam Gewog?BOD, about 13 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of Balam Gewog?BT00701 (OCHA common operational dataset)