Venkatagiri in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Venkatagiri 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
VenkatagiriAndhra Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Venkatagiri plotted against Andhra Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Venkatagiri's incremental SNDi rose from 1.8 to 2.53 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Venkatagiri ranked 4th out of 91 cities in Andhra Pradesh and 105th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.53
Rank in India
168th of 1868
Rank in Andhra Pradesh
4th of 91

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.95
Rank in India
105th of 1868
Rank in Andhra Pradesh
4th of 91

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
VenkatagiriAbhaipurKarak

In new street additions, Venkatagiri and Karak both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Abhaipur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Venkatagiri fluctuated in connectivity, while Abhaipur became progressively more disconnected and Karak became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Venkatagiri had a more sprawly network than Abhaipur in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.