Amravati in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Amravati in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AmravatiMaharashtra (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Amravati plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Amravati rose steadily, compared to Maharashtra which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Amravati's incremental SNDi rose from 2.95 to 3.37 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Amravati ranked 59th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 348th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.37
Rank in India
355th of 1868
Rank in Maharashtra
46th of 157

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.72
Rank in India
348th of 1868
Rank in Maharashtra
59th of 157

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AmravatiNyalaKharagpur

In new street additions, Amravati and Kharagpur both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Nyala built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Amravati and Nyala have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.