Faridabad is about 25 Kilometres south of Delhi at 28deg 25' 16" North Latitude and 77deg 18' 28" East Longitude. It is bounded by the National Capital Territory of Delhi on its north, Gurgaon District on the west, and of Uttar Pradesh State on its east and south. Delhi-Mathura National Highway No.2 passes through the centre of the district. It has an Indian Railway station on the Delhi-Mathura double track broad-gauge line of the Central Railway.

Faridabad is famous for Henna Production on agriculture sector while tractors, motorcycles, switch gears, refrigerators, shoes and tires are other famous industrial products of the city. Badkhal Lake tourist complex, Suraj Kund Tourist Complex, Aravalli Golf Club, Raja Nahar Singh Palace and Dabchick are the famous tourist spots. For the ease of civil administration, Faridabad District is divided into five sub divisions, Faridabad, Ballabgarh, Palwal, Hodal and Hathin. Each subdivision is headed by a sub-divisional officer. Recently Faridabad has been suffering due to the departure of many manufacturing companies. Faridabad has seen Gurgaon and Noida speed ahead in development with lot of multinational companies setting up there.