The village is located 4 km (2.5 mi) west of its municipal seat, town of Ruma.

It is stretched along both sides of the Ruma-Sremska Mitrovica road, which southwest of the village crosses both the railway and highway Belgrade-Zagreb.

It consists of two parts: much larger Voganj (simply referred to as Selo, village) and smaller and separated Erem.

[1] East of the village flows the river Kudoš, separating Voganj and Ruma, while on the west a creek Mančelov Gat passes next to the settlement.

It is connected to the rest of the village via the street which splits off the Ruma-Sremska Mitrovica road near the Voganj railway station.

[1][3] In 2018, Erem consisted of 33 houses centered around one, 300 m (980 ft) long street with some 100 inhabitants.

Theories include the Hungarian name for joy (öröm), Greek word erēmitēs (hermit, a man living in the wasteland), and French ermitage, a secluded place.

A church dedicated to the Translation of the Relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra to Bari was built in 1756.