Pithampur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pithampur plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Pithampur was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Pithampur's incremental SNDi rose from 5.26 to 6.48 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pithampur ranked 87th out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 1656th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Djougou, Benin
• Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
• Swarupkathi, Bangladesh
• Qichun County, China
• Bergen, Norway
• Saray Osmangazi, Turkey

In new street additions, Pithampur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Djougou fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Qichun County built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Djougou and Qichun County both became progressively more disconnected, while Pithampur became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.