Jhajjar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jhajjar in context

33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JhajjarHaryana (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jhajjar plotted against Haryana and India. The SNDi of new construction in Jhajjar rose steadily, compared to Haryana which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Jhajjar's incremental SNDi rose from 3.98 to 4.7 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jhajjar ranked 26th out of 40 cities in Haryana and 788th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.7
Rank in India
890th of 1868
Rank in Haryana
30th of 40

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.54
Rank in India
788th of 1868
Rank in Haryana
26th of 40

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JhajjarSakon NakhonBanska Bystrica

Jhajjar, Sakon Nakhon, and Banská Bystrica all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Notably, Jhajjar had a more sprawly network than Sakon Nakhon in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.