| Batalik | |||||||||||
| Settlement Type: | Village and military base | ||||||||||
| Pushpin Map: | India Ladakh#India | ||||||||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ladakh, India | ||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 34.6558°N 76.3394°W | ||||||||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||||||
| Subdivision Name: |  India | ||||||||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Union Territory | ||||||||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Ladakh | ||||||||||
| Subdivision Type2: | District | ||||||||||
| Subdivision Type3: | Tehsil | ||||||||||
| Subdivision Name3: | Kargil | ||||||||||
| Seat Type: | Panchayat | ||||||||||
| Unit Pref: | Metric | ||||||||||
| Population As Of: | 2011 | ||||||||||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||||||||
| Demographics Type1: | Languages | ||||||||||
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official | ||||||||||
| Timezone1: | IST | ||||||||||
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 | ||||||||||
| Postal Code Type: | PIN | ||||||||||
| Postal Code: | 194103[1] | ||||||||||
| Blank Name Sec1: | Census code | ||||||||||
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Batalik is a village and military base in Ladakh, India, 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.[2] [3]
Batalik is 56 km from Kargil and is located in the Dah Hanu region, also known as the "Aryan Valley", populated by Brokpa people.[4] Administratively, it is treated as a hamlet of the Silmo village.[5]
See also: India-China Border Roads.
Batalik is connected by road to other places in Kargil and Leh via the Kargil–Batalik–Khaltse Road[6] which forms a "detour" from the National Highway 1 between Kargil and Khalatse.
The nearest major railway stations to Batalik are Sopore railway station and Srinagar railway station located 271 and 277 kilometres away respectively.
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.