Viramgam in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Viramgam in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ViramgamGujarat (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Viramgam plotted against Gujarat and India. The SNDi of new construction in Viramgam followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Gujarat which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Viramgam's incremental SNDi fell from 7.18 to 6.63 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Viramgam ranked 88th out of 92 cities in Gujarat and 1765th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.63
Rank in India
1519th of 1868
Rank in Gujarat
81st of 92

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.73
Rank in India
1765th of 1868
Rank in Gujarat
88th of 92

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ViramgamMbolokoAl Saja'a Industrial

While Mboloko and Al Saja'a Industrial both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Viramgam fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Viramgam fluctuated in connectivity, while Mboloko became progressively more disconnected and Al Saja'a Industrial grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.