Sagorkuti in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sagorkuti in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SagorkutiMadhya Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sagorkuti plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Sagorkuti 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, Sagorkuti's incremental SNDi rose from 6.17 to 7.46 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sagorkuti ranked 91st out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 1755th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.46
Rank in India
1620th of 1868
Rank in Madhya Pradesh
85th of 98

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.61
Rank in India
1755th of 1868
Rank in Madhya Pradesh
91st of 98

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SagorkutiBundiChimaltenango

In new street additions, Sagorkuti and Bundi both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Chimaltenango fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Sagorkuti and Bundi have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.