Local businesses in Faridabad
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- Restaurants and cafes: 18
- Hunger Cure; Chaigaram; OM Sweets; Crisp n Twist; Mayur Restaurant; The sky patio; Anupam Restaurant And Cafe; Big Yellow Door; Crew Brew; Eat N Joy
- Clothing shops: 5
- Old Faridabad Market; Mnte Carlo; Puma Outlet; Manyavar
- Jewellers: 2
- BlueStone; Tanishq
- Supermarkets: 3
- 21C Market; Sector 16 Market
- Clinics: 25
- Capital Child and Maternity Centre; City Nursing Home - Faridabad; Dr. Jain's Clinic and Nursing Home; Dr. Mehta Eye Care Hospital; Dr. Nipun Bajaj Best Spine & Orthopaedic Surgeon; Eye Care Centre Dr. Bharti Gupta; Faridabad Eye Care Centre; Goyal's Nursing Home; Gupta Nursing Home, Faridabad; Jindal Nursing Home (D)
- Schools: 49
- SOS Hermann Gmeiner School; Modern Delhi International School ground; Blooming Blossoms; Manav Sanskar Public School; Holy Child Public School; Eicher School; Mahadav Desai Senior Secondary School; Modern Vidya Niketan; AVN Secondary School; Aravali International School
Faridabad facts
- District
- Faridabad district
- Population, 2011 Census
- 14,04,653
- Area
- about 742.9 sq km, about 198 m above sea level
- People
- 874 females per 1,000 males; 83.83% literacy
- PIN codes
- 121002 (Faridabad Sector 18), 121001 (Faridabad NIT), 121007 (Faridabad Sector 15), 121005 (Faridabad Sector 22)
- Places nearby
- Badkhal Lake (lake, 3 km), Nahar Singh Stadium (cricket stadium, 4 km), Palla barrage (dam, 6 km), Anangpur Dam (dam, 7 km)
- Local economy
- Faridabad is the largest exporter of henna in India and is growing as a technology and start-up hub in Haryana. It was chosen under the Smart Cities Mission.
- History
- Faridabad was founded in 1607 by Sheikh Farid, treasurer to the Mughal emperor Jahangir, to protect the Grand Trunk Road between Delhi and Agra. It became a separate district in 1979.
- Geography
- Faridabad has a hot semi-arid climate, with a hot pre-monsoon season from late March to mid-July.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.