Dera lakumpoto la India Haryana kale linali gawo la Punjab ndipo linajambulidwa pa 1 Novembara 1966, ngati dziko la India la 17. Imatchedwanso "The Gateway of North India". Pali malingaliro osiyanasiyana onena za chiyambi cha dzina la Haryana. Kale, dera limeneli linkatchedwa Brahmavarta ndi Aryavarta. Malo a Haryana ali kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa India pakati pa madigiri 27 39' N mpaka 30 madigiri 35' N latitude ndi pakati pa 74 madigiri 28' E mpaka 77 madigiri 36' E longitude ndi kutalika pakati pa 700-3600 ft pamwamba pa nyanja. Likulu la Haryana ndi Chandigarh lomwe limagawidwa ndi kholo lake komanso dera lapafupi la Punjab.
Pamene ikuyenda njira yachilengedwe ya mtsinje; zigwa zazikulu zimalengedwa, kuwonjezera ku zodabwitsa zachilengedwe za boma. Chimodzi mwa zigwazi ndi Umiam-Barapani, dera lofunika kwambiri komanso lofunika kwambiri pakupanga magetsi. Cherrapunji ndi mzinda ndi tawuni yomwe imagwa mvula yambiri kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Derali limagwa pafupifupi mvula chaka chonse.