Jabalpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Jabalpur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jabalpur plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Jabalpur's incremental SNDi rose from 3.89 to 5.77 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jabalpur ranked 65th out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 1205th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.77
- Rank in India
- 1307th of 1868
- Rank in Madhya Pradesh
- 70th of 98
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.25
- Rank in India
- 1205th of 1868
- Rank in Madhya Pradesh
- 65th of 98
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Handan, China
- Monrovia, Liberia
- El Mansura, Egypt
- Gwalior, India
- Rajkot, India
- Johor Bahru, Malaysia
In new street additions, Jabalpur and Handan both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Gwalior built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Jabalpur and Handan have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.