# Shermung Gewog Gewog, Monggar Dzongkhag – Villages & Map

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

Gewog · Monggar Dzongkhag 

# Shermung Gewog

Shermung Gewog is a gewog (block of villages) of Bhutan in Monggar Dzongkhag. It covers **301.9 km²**. 3 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 2 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 302km²
- 2mapped services

## Where is Shermung Gewog?

Shermung Gewog lies in [Monggar Dzongkhag](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/monggar/), [Bhutan](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/). It borders 11 other gewogs: [Balam Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/monggar/balam/), [Drametse Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/monggar/drametse/), [Jamkhar Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/yangtse/jamkhar/), [Khoma Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/lhuentse/khoma/), [Minjay Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/lhuentse/minjay/), [Ngatshang Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/monggar/ngatshang/), [Tomzhangtshen Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/yangtse/tomzhangtshen/), [Trashiyangtse Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/yangtse/trashiyangtse/), [Tsakaling Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/monggar/tsakaling/), [Tsenkhar Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/lhuentse/tsenkhar/) and [Yangnyer Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/trashigang/yangnyer/). By area it is the 35th largest of 205 gewogs in Bhutan. It covers 15.5% of [Monggar Dzongkhag](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/monggar/). The centre of Shermung Gewog is about 170 km in a straight line from Thimphu, the capital. It is about 25 km from Mongar, the main town of Monggar Dzongkhag. The centre point is at 27.4659° N, 91.3671° 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 Shermung Gewog

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

- Gangmoong
- Shiling
- Shilling

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 Shermung Gewog and the best time to visit

In Shermung 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 Shermung Gewog

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Sershong BHU II · Shermung 11 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.37200&mlon=91.35387#map=17/27.37200/91.35387) 

Bank Bhutan National Bank · Samkhar 24 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.33373&mlon=91.55385#map=17/27.33373/91.55385) 

Petrol pump BOD · Samkhar 23 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.32128&mlon=91.53624#map=17/27.32128/91.53624) 

Hotel Thinley Dendup Hotel · Trashiyangtse 20 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.60843&mlon=91.49696#map=17/27.60843/91.49696) 

School Balam Primary School · Balam 15 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.33734&mlon=91.39203#map=17/27.33734/91.39203) 

College Kanglung Shedra · Kanglung 25 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.28751&mlon=91.52624#map=17/27.28751/91.52624) 

Police station RBP · Khamdang 21 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.43735&mlon=91.57855#map=17/27.43735/91.57855) 

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 Shermung Gewog

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

- Hospitals2

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

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

## Quick answers

- Where is Shermung Gewog?In Monggar Dzongkhag, Bhutan
- What borders Shermung Gewog?Balam Gewog, Drametse Gewog, Jamkhar Gewog, Khoma Gewog, Minjay Gewog, Ngatshang Gewog, Tomzhangtshen Gewog, Trashiyangtse Gewog, Tsakaling Gewog, Tsenkhar Gewog and Yangnyer Gewog
- How many villages are in Shermung Gewog?3 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the best time to visit Shermung Gewog?April and October
- Where is the nearest hospital to Shermung Gewog?Sershong BHU II, about 11 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Shermung Gewog?Bhutan National Bank, about 24 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Shermung Gewog?BOD, about 23 km from the centre
- How many hospitals are in Shermung Gewog?2 mapped
- What is the P-code of Shermung Gewog?BT00713 (OCHA common operational dataset)