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'''Batalik''' is a village and military base in [[Ladakh]], [[India]],{{sfn|Bhan|2013|p=38}} 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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Kargil+anniv:+10+years+later+the+war+is+Drass+versus+Batalik/1/53638.html |title=Kargil anniv: 10 years later the war is Drass versus Batalik |publisher=Indiatoday.intoday.in |date=2009-07-27 |accessdate=2017-09-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100710/saturday/main1.htm |title=BATTLE FOR BATALIK |work=The Tribune |date= |accessdate=2017-09-30}}</ref>

Batalik is 56&nbsp;km from Kargil and is located in the [[Dah Hanu]] region, also known as the "[[Aryan Valley]]", populated by [[Brokpa]] people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-now-go-for-a-vacation-to-kargil-war-battlefield-batalik-1388703 |title=Now, go for a vacation to Kargil war battlefield Batalik |publisher=Dnaindia.com |date=2010-05-28 |accessdate=2017-09-30}}</ref> Administratively, it is treated as a hamlet of the [[Silmo]] village.<ref>[https://www.dseokargil.ladakh.gov.in/hamlet.html Village wise Hamlet detail], Kargil district, District Statistics & Evaluation Office, retrieved 15 January 2023.</ref>

==Transport and connectivity==

===Telecomm===

In early 2025, high-speed public 4G/5G mobile and internet connectivity was made available by India.<ref name=contt1>[https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/india/troops-in-ladakh-get-4g-5g-connectivity-at-high-altitude-posts-even-up-to-siachen-glacier/articleshow/120434416.cms 
लद्दाख में सैनिकों को ऊंचाई वाली चौकियों पर मिली 4जी/5जी कनेक्टिविटी, सियाचिन ग्लेशियर तक सिग्नल], navbharattimes, 19 Apr 2025.</ref>

===Road===
{{see also | India-China Border Roads | Tourism in Ladakh#Roads | l2= Touristic roads in Ladakh }}

Batalik is connected by road to other places in Kargil and Leh via the Kargil–Batalik–Khaltse Road<ref>[https://www.greaterkashmir.com/kashmir/bro-to-seek-nh-status-for-kargil-batalik-road <bdi>BRO to seek NH status for Kargil-Batalik road</bdi>]<bdi>, Greater Kashmir, 11 May 2019</bdi></ref> which forms a "detour" from the [[National Highway 1 (India)|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 Airport|Kargil]], 60 kilometres away, but it is currently non-operational. The next-nearest major airport is [[Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport|Leh Airport]] located at a distance of 205 kilometres.

==See also==
* [[Yaldor Sub Sector]]
* [[Manoj Kumar Pandey]] (The Hero of Batalik)

==References==
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* {{citation |last=Bhan |first=Mona |title=Counterinsurgency, Democracy, and the Politics of Identity in India: From Warfare to Welfare? |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wZTDAAAAQBAJ |year=2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-50983-6}}

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[[Category:Villages in Kargil tehsil]]
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