Rajnandgaon in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Rajnandgaon in context

3.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RajnandgaonChhattisgarh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rajnandgaon plotted against Chhattisgarh and India. While Chhattisgarh and India both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Rajnandgaon's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Rajnandgaon's incremental SNDi rose from 3.87 to 4.98 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rajnandgaon ranked 17th out of 29 cities in Chhattisgarh and 912th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.98
Rank in India
1034th of 1868
Rank in Chhattisgarh
12th of 29

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.76
Rank in India
912th of 1868
Rank in Chhattisgarh
17th of 29

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

What about similarly populated cities?

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
RajnandgaonOgaleSanta Teresa del Tuy

In new street additions, Rajnandgaon and Santa Teresa del Tuy both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ogale built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Rajnandgaon and Ogale have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.