Chitrakoot in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Chitrakoot in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chitrakoot plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Chitrakoot's incremental SNDi rose from 4.21 to 5.73 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chitrakoot ranked 79th out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 1515th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.73
- Rank in India
- 1295th of 1868
- Rank in Madhya Pradesh
- 68th of 98
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.07
- Rank in India
- 1515th of 1868
- Rank in Madhya Pradesh
- 79th of 98
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Al Amerat, Oman
- Goya, Argentina
- Ngong, Cameroon
- Pordenone, Italy
- Wali Khel, Pakistan
- Kencong, Indonesia
In new street additions, Chitrakoot fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Al Amerat built increasingly connected streets over time and Pordenone built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Chitrakoot fluctuated in connectivity, while Al Amerat became progressively more connected and Pordenone became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Chitrakoot had a more connected network than Al Amerat in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.