Samalkha in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Samalkha in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Samalkha plotted against Haryana and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Samalkha's incremental SNDi rose from 3.34 to 4.06 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Samalkha ranked 27th out of 40 cities in Haryana and 795th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.06
- Rank in India
- 611th of 1868
- Rank in Haryana
- 24th of 40
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.55
- Rank in India
- 795th of 1868
- Rank in Haryana
- 27th of 40
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Ambaji, India
- Antetezambaro, Madagascar
- Chhatrapur, India
- Kitami, Japan
- Agua Prieta, México
- Linwu, China
In new street additions, Samalkha and Kitami both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ambaji built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Samalkha fluctuated in connectivity, while Ambaji became progressively more connected and Kitami became progressively more disconnected. Samalkha and Ambaji have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.