Jagdalpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jagdalpur in context

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JagdalpurChhattisgarh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jagdalpur plotted against Chhattisgarh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Jagdalpur rose steadily, compared to Chhattisgarh which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Jagdalpur's incremental SNDi rose from 3.11 to 4.79 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jagdalpur ranked 9th out of 29 cities in Chhattisgarh and 569th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.79
Rank in India
934th of 1868
Rank in Chhattisgarh
10th of 29

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.19
Rank in India
569th of 1868
Rank in Chhattisgarh
9th of 29

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JagdalpurPandharpurFaridpur

In new street additions, Jagdalpur and Pandharpur both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Faridpur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Jagdalpur and Pandharpur both became progressively more disconnected, while Faridpur became progressively more connected. Notably, Jagdalpur had a more sprawly network than Pandharpur in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.