Faridabad is located 25 Kilometres south of Delhi East. It is bounded by the National Capital Territory of Delhi on its north, Gurgaon District on the west, and Uttar Pradesh state on its east and south. Delhi-Mathura National Highway-2 (Shershah Suri Marg) passes through the centre of the district. The city has many Railway Stations on the Delhi-Mathura double track broad-gauge line of the North Central Railway, the Old Faridabad and New Industrial Town Railway stations are the major stations .It is a major industrial city of north India .

Faridabad is now the most populated city of Haryana and it generates about 60% of the revenue of the Haryana state. 50% of the income tax collected in Haryana is from Faridabad and Gurgaon.

Faridabad is famous for henna production, while tractors, motorcycles, switch gears, refrigerators, shoes and tyres are other famous industrial products of the city. For the purposes of civil administration, Faridabad District is divided into two sub divisions, viz. - Faridabad and Ballabgarh. Faridabad has added Sectors 75 to 89 (commonly known as Neharpar) for keeping pace with modern urban living. This area is close to NOIDA and boasts of high rise buildings, planned wide roads, planned commercial SEZs, planned health centers and educational centers. But, infrastructure development in this area was non-existent for last 4 years. But, now HUDA has woken up and plans to fully develop this area by 2013.