Pailapool in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pailapool in context

46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PailapoolAssam (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pailapool plotted against Assam and India. The SNDi of new construction in Pailapool peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Assam which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Pailapool's incremental SNDi fell from 9.5 to 8.27 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pailapool ranked 62nd out of 67 cities in Assam and 1814th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
8.27
Rank in India
1679th of 1868
Rank in Assam
38th of 67

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
8.16
Rank in India
1814th of 1868
Rank in Assam
62nd of 67

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PailapoolFaranahPergamino

In new street additions, Pailapool built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Faranah fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Pergamino built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.