Batalik

Batalik
Village and military base
Batalik is located in Ladakh
Batalik
Batalik
Location in Ladakh, India
Batalik is located in India
Batalik
Batalik
Batalik (India)
Coordinates: 34°39′21″N 76°20′22″E / 34.6558°N 76.3394°E / 34.6558; 76.3394
Country India
Union TerritoryLadakh
DistrictKargil
TehsilKargil
Languages
 • OfficialHindi, English
Time zoneUTC+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]

  1. ^ "Batalik (Google Maps)". Google Maps. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  2. ^ Bhan 2013, p. 38.
  3. ^ "Kargil anniv: 10 years later the war is Drass versus Batalik". Indiatoday.intoday.in. 27 July 2009. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  4. ^ "BATTLE FOR BATALIK". The Tribune. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Now, go for a vacation to Kargil war battlefield Batalik". Dnaindia.com. 28 May 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  6. ^ Village wise Hamlet detail, Kargil district, District Statistics & Evaluation Office, retrieved 15 January 2023.