Badarpur once housed one of many sarais, known as Sarai Badarpur, along the historics Grand Trunk Road, probably built during the period of Jahangir in the 16th century. Prior to that, Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq built the Qutub-Badarpur Road as he established the fifth historic city of Delhi, Tughlaqabad, in the 13th century AD, which connected the city to the Grand Trunk Road. The road is now known as the Mehrauli-Badarpur Road, an important if congested road connecting Badarpur in southwest Delhi to Mehrauli in south Delhi. The original village of Badarpur lies east of the Meethapur-Palla road which passes from Aali village down to Palla village to the south. Constituent areas include Molar Band and Molarband Extension. Its surrounding areas include Pul Prahladpur, Lal Kuan, Tughluqabad Extension, Railway Colony, on the south west; Tuqhluqabad and Okhla Phase 1 on the west; and Saidabad, Madanpur Khadar village, Ali Extension, and Aali village on the north and north-east; Jaitpur, Mithe Pur, on the east side. Other areas nearby include Jasola, Surajkund and Tughlaqabad, along with smaller blocks to the east of Badarpur such as Anand Vihar, Saraswati Vihar, Ekta Vihar, Harsh Vihar, Shakti Vihar, and Roop Nagar, among others. Upmarket developments include Charmwood Village and Lakewood City. Further east, Badarpur Khadar, a village situated in the river bed of Yamuna, has a population of around 1100 and 560 voters. Badarpur is not to be confused with Badalpur the home village of former Chief Minister Mayawati.
Badarpur is situated on National Highway 2. Delhi Transport Corporation and Cluster buses ply to Badarpur Border from Old Delhi Railway Station, New Delhi Railway Station, ISBT and other places. DTC and Haryana Roadways buses going to Faridabad and Ballabgarh from Inter state Bus Terminal stop at BTPS Complex. DTC and Cluster Buses of Route No. 405A, 405, 415, 418A, 460, 473 & 479 ply to Badarpur, and are usually crowded, even over-crowded in peak hours. Buses are also available from Faridabad, right across the border. The Badarpur elevated station of Delhi Metro on the Violet line opened on 14 January 2011, along with two preceding elevated stations, Mohan Estate, and Tughlakabad, which extended the line beyond Sarita Vihar. An extension southwards till Escorts Mujesar in Faridabad was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 6 September 2015. Metro trains ply alternately to Badarpur or to Escorts Mujesar in Faridabad. The Delhi Faridabad Skyway, a 4.4 km elevated highway, started construction after 2008, and was opened in late 2010. It passed over five important traffic junctions including NTPC, Mehrauli-Badarpur Road, Jaitpur, Sarai Bypass and Sector 37 Faridabad. Situated at the road junction of Mehrauli-Badarpur Road, which has become increasingly congested over the years, as it lies off highway NH 2 which carries major traffic to important cities of North India. Within Badarpur, there are autos, usually shared autos, and cycle rickshaws available. Many people in Badarpur also walk to the Metro station or bus stops on the main road.
