Mahendragarh in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mahendragarh in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MahendragarhHaryana (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mahendragarh plotted against Haryana and India. The SNDi of new construction in Mahendragarh peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Mahendragarh's incremental SNDi fell from 4.03 to 3.73 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mahendragarh ranked 29th out of 40 cities in Haryana and 963rd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.73
Rank in India
489th of 1868
Rank in Haryana
20th of 40

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.83
Rank in India
963rd of 1868
Rank in Haryana
29th of 40

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MahendragarhSuwalkiDschang

In new street additions, Mahendragarh and Dschang both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Suwałki built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Mahendragarh had a more connected network than Suwałki in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.