Batalik

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Batalik
Village and military base
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Batalik
Location in Ladakh, India
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Batalik
Batalik (India)
Coordinates: 34°39′21″N76°20′22″E / 34.6558°N 76.3394°E / 34.6558; 76.3394
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
Union Territory Ladakh
District Kargil
Tehsil Kargil
Languages
  Official Hindi, English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
194103 [1]
Batalik

Batalik is a village and military base in Ladakh, India, [2] located in a narrow section of the Indus River valley, close to the Line of Control with Pakistan-administered Baltistan. It was a focal point of the 1999 Kargil War because of its strategic location between Kargil, Leh and Baltistan. [3] [4]

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Batalik is 56 km from Kargil and is located in the Dah Hanu region, also known as the "Aryan Valley", populated by Brokpa people. [5] Administratively, it is treated as a hamlet of the Silmo village. [6]

Transport

Road

Batalik is connected by road to other places in Kargil and Leh via the Kargil–Batalik–Khaltse Road [7] which forms a "detour" from the National Highway 1 between Kargil and Khalatse.

Rail

The nearest major railway stations to Batalik are Sopore railway station and Srinagar railway station located 271 and 277 kilometres away respectively.

Air

The nearest airport is at Kargil, 60 kilometres away, but it is currently non-operational. The next-nearest major airport is Leh Airport located at a distance of 205 kilometres.

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References

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  2. Bhan 2013, p. 38.
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  4. "BATTLE FOR BATALIK". The Tribune. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
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  6. Village wise Hamlet detail, Kargil district, District Statistics & Evaluation Office, retrieved 15 January 2023.
  7. BRO to seek NH status for Kargil-Batalik road , Greater Kashmir, 11 May 2019
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