Batalik
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Village and military base | |
  Batalik Location in Ladakh, India  Batalik Batalik (India) | |
| Coordinates: 34°39′21″N 76°20′22″E / 34.6558°N 76.3394°E | |
| Country |  India |
| Union Territory | Ladakh |
| District | Kargil |
| Tehsil | Kargil |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 194103[1] |
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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]
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[edit]
Road[edit]
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[edit]
The nearest major railway stations to Batalik are Sopore railway station and Srinagar railway station located 271 and 277 kilometres away respectively.
Air[edit]
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.
See also[edit]
- Yaldor Sub Sector
- Manoj Kumar Pandey (The Hero of Batalik)
References[edit]
- ^ "Batalik (Google Maps)". Google Maps. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ Bhan 2013, p. 38.
- ^ "Kargil anniv: 10 years later the war is Drass versus Batalik". Indiatoday.intoday.in. 27 July 2009. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ^ "BATTLE FOR BATALIK". The Tribune. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ^ "Now, go for a vacation to Kargil war battlefield Batalik". Dnaindia.com. 28 May 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ^ Village wise Hamlet detail, Kargil district, District Statistics & Evaluation Office, retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ BRO to seek NH status for Kargil-Batalik road, Greater Kashmir, 11 May 2019
- Sources
- Bhan, Mona (2013), Counterinsurgency, Democracy, and the Politics of Identity in India: From Warfare to Welfare?, Routledge, ISBN 978-1-134-50983-6
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