Khandwa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Khandwa in context

3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KhandwaMadhya Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Khandwa plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Khandwa rose steadily, compared to Madhya Pradesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Khandwa's incremental SNDi rose from 3.95 to 5.47 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khandwa ranked 51st out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 955th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.47
Rank in India
1209th of 1868
Rank in Madhya Pradesh
65th of 98

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.83
Rank in India
955th of 1868
Rank in Madhya Pradesh
51st of 98

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KhandwaThoothukudiChuzhou

Khandwa, Thoothukudi, and Chuzhou all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Khandwa and Thoothukudi have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.