Sector 71 sits on Southern Peripheral Road (SPR), a 16-km corridor linking Gurgaon-Faridabad Road to NH-48, at its junction with Golf Course Extension Road. It is about 3 km from Sohna Road and 5 km from Rajiv Chowk/NH-48, with Dwarka Expressway within 5 km.

Nearest metro stations (HUDA City Centre, Iffco Chowk) are 7.5-8.6 km away; Basai Dhankot railway station is about 7.6 km away. IGI Airport is roughly 20-24 km via NH-48.

A planned Rapid Metro extension, a Delhi-Alwar RRTS stop at Rajiv Chowk, and a signal-free elevated SPR corridor aim to ease current congestion.

The area is served by a growing cluster of schools rather than one institutional hub: Kendriya Vidyalaya No.2 (Sohna Road), Delhi Public School's primary section, Kamla International and CD International School lie within about 4 km, with GD Goenka School, Manav Rachna School and Amity Global School a little further out.

Gurugram University, a state public university, is about 4.4 km away, giving the sector reasonable access to higher education alongside school-level options along Sohna Road and SPR.

Sector 71 lies along the SPR belt that Hindustan Times describes as poised to become Gurugram's 'next Cyber City,' hosting corporates like American Express and Air India's training centre plus 18 commercial projects. Nearby business parks include Kore Tech Park (1.7 km), SPAZE Business Park (3.3 km), Skyview Corporate Park, Pioneer Square and Bestech Business Tower, home to firms such as TCS and PepsiCo.

Sector 74A's corporate cluster is about 4 km away, and Sector 16's industrial area is roughly 10 km away.

Sector 71 itself is a residential-commercial sector with no major tourist sites, but it lies within reach of Gurugram's green recreational spaces: Aravalli Biodiversity Park, a large urban forest near Guru Dronacharya metro, and Sultanpur National Park, a Haryana bird sanctuary of about 1.43 sq km known for migratory waterfowl.

Both offer weekend nature outings for residents, supplementing the sector's own developing parks and green belts along SPR.

Retail and leisure options cluster mainly along Sohna Road and SPR: Raheja Mall is about 2.3 km away, with Omaxe City Centre, Sapphire Mall and Elements One at 2-4 km, and SRS Cinemas multiplex under 3 km. Gurgaon Central Mall and MGF Metropolitan are roughly 9-10 km away.

A high-street retail market (Signum-71) has come up within the sector, and DLF's proposed Mall of India is expected to add large-format retail to the broader SPR corridor.

GMDA has been steadily upgrading roads, drainage and civic amenities across the sector, and is widening SPR into a six-lane corridor with underpasses.

In mid-2026 GMDA proposed a signal-free stretch from Iffco Chowk to the Greater SPR, though it withdrew a Rs 750-crore tender for the SPR elevated corridor in June 2026 for revision.