Chatra in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Chatra in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chatra plotted against Jharkhand and India. The SNDi of new construction in Chatra rose steadily, compared to Jharkhand which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Chatra's incremental SNDi rose from 4.25 to 5.65 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chatra ranked 17th out of 46 cities in Jharkhand and 820th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.65
- Rank in India
- 1269th of 1868
- Rank in Jharkhand
- 32nd of 46
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.6
- Rank in India
- 820th of 1868
- Rank in Jharkhand
- 17th of 46
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Chatra built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Karadere built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Doma fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Chatra and Doma both became progressively more disconnected, while Karadere grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Chatra and Karadere have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.