Sindhanur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sindhanur 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
SindhanurKarnataka (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sindhanur plotted against Karnataka and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Sindhanur's incremental SNDi rose from 4.14 to 4.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sindhanur ranked 90th out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 1210th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.72
Rank in India
899th of 1868
Rank in Karnataka
67th of 96

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.27
Rank in India
1210th of 1868
Rank in Karnataka
90th of 96

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SindhanurGumelBakhri

While Gumel and Bakhri both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Sindhanur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Gumel and Bakhri both became progressively more disconnected, while Sindhanur fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Sindhanur had a more connected network than Bakhri in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.