Panipat in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Panipat in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PanipatHaryana (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Panipat plotted against Haryana and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Panipat's incremental SNDi rose from 2.84 to 3.27 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Panipat ranked 10th out of 40 cities in Haryana and 413th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.27
Rank in India
323rd of 1868
Rank in Haryana
11th of 40

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.85
Rank in India
413th of 1868
Rank in Haryana
10th of 40

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PanipatChifengCabinda

While Chifeng and Cabinda both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, Panipat fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Panipat became progressively more disconnected, while Chifeng grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Cabinda grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Panipat and Chifeng have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.