Chilakaluripet in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Chilakaluripet in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChilakaluripetAndhra Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chilakaluripet plotted against Andhra Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Chilakaluripet's incremental SNDi rose from 3.06 to 4.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chilakaluripet ranked 27th out of 91 cities in Andhra Pradesh and 412th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.61
Rank in India
851st of 1868
Rank in Andhra Pradesh
56th of 91

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.85
Rank in India
412th of 1868
Rank in Andhra Pradesh
27th of 91

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChilakaluripetYunchengPlanaltina

In new street additions, Chilakaluripet and Planaltina both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Yuncheng fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Chilakaluripet and Planaltina both became progressively more disconnected, while Yuncheng became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Chilakaluripet and Yuncheng have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.