Poadh

Powadh (or Puadh or Powadha) is a region of the Punjab, India and Haryana states in northwest India. It generally lies between the Sutlej and Ghaggar-Hakra rivers and south, south-east and east of Rupnagar district adjacent to Ambala district (in Haryana).

One of the dilect of punjabi language is Powadhi. The Powadh extends from that part of the Rupnagar District which lies near Satluj beyond the Ghaggar river up to Kala Amb in Himachal Pradesh in the east, which separates the states of Himachal Pradesh and Haryana. Parts of Fatehgarh Sahib district, and parts of Patiala districts like Rajpura also Panchkula,Ambala and Yamunanagar districts along with Saharanpur and Behat districts of Harit Pradesh are also part of Powadh. The language is spoken over a large area in present Punjab as well as Haryana. In Punjab, Kharar, Kurali, Ropar, Nurpur Bedi, Morinda, Pail, and Rajpura,Ambala,Naraingarh,Kala Amb,Panchkula,Saha,Shahzadpur,Jagadhri,Kalesar,Behat,Saharanpur and Nanautta are the areas where the Puadhi language is spoken and the area itself is claimed as including from Pinjore, Kalka, Pehowa, Kaithal to Bangar area in Fatehabad district which includes even Ambala and Shahabad in it.