Narnaul in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Narnaul in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NarnaulHaryana (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Narnaul plotted against Haryana and India. The SNDi of new construction in Narnaul peaked in 1976-1990, 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, Narnaul's incremental SNDi fell from 4.96 to 3.88 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Narnaul ranked 32nd out of 40 cities in Haryana and 1191st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.88
Rank in India
551st of 1868
Rank in Haryana
22nd of 40

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.22
Rank in India
1191st of 1868
Rank in Haryana
32nd of 40

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NarnaulYuanlingGokak

In new street additions, Narnaul and Yuanling both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Gokak fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Narnaul grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Yuanling became progressively more disconnected and Gokak became progressively more connected. Notably, Narnaul had a more connected network than Yuanling in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.