Kirodimal Nagar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kirodimal Nagar in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kirodimal NagarChhattisgarh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kirodimal Nagar plotted against Chhattisgarh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kirodimal Nagar was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Chhattisgarh which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kirodimal Nagar's incremental SNDi rose from 4.21 to 5.44 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kirodimal Nagar ranked 22nd out of 29 cities in Chhattisgarh and 1288th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.44
Rank in India
1192nd of 1868
Rank in Chhattisgarh
19th of 29

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.43
Rank in India
1288th of 1868
Rank in Chhattisgarh
22nd of 29

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kirodimal NagarBugulmaKeningau

In new street additions, Kirodimal Nagar built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Bugulma fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Keningau built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Bugulma and Keningau both became progressively more disconnected, while Kirodimal Nagar became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Notably, Kirodimal Nagar had a more sprawly network than Keningau in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.