Gorakh is a hill station and situated at the height of 1.7 km in the Kirthar Mountains.It is 94 km from Dadu ,and 74 km from bhan Saeedabad and 54 from Johi .It is also 423 km from Karachi .The Hill station is attracting point for entire country in general and for Karachi is in particular.As it is situated at mid point of Dadu and khuzdar . The tip of Gorakh is slope and tilted towards Dau and johi.Therefore the dividing line was basing on the flow of rain fall water whichever direction it flows then that area belongs to that province .So is tip of Gorakh .Therefore there are three school of thoughts about its name and origin .Firstly ,it is said that the medieval Hindu saint, Gorakhnath, had extensively wandered in hills and the region. According to Nandu, an authority on Sanskrit, Gorakh is a Sanskrit word which means "shepherding of sheep, cow and goat, etc.Secondly ,Gurukh is balochi name for wolf .The wild life including Wolf was in plenty.Being area of Gurukhs it was named behind Gurukhs.Goragh is also called white in Balochi and the tip of hill is whitish ,may be it drived from that.But no authority is available on that .It is situated on one of the highest plateaus of Sindh, spread over 2,500 acres or 10 km of land.The area is part of the Kirthar Mountain Range that makes the border between Sindh and Baluchistan provinces and connecting Dau District of Sindh with Khuzdar District of Balochistan. Gorakh's elevation gives it a special climate, with sub-zero temperatures during winter and generally below 20 °C in summer, with about 120 mm of average annual rainfall. The pleasant weather attracts tourism and raining brought to store water especially...
