Ballarpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ballarpur 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
BallarpurMaharashtra (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ballarpur plotted against Maharashtra and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Ballarpur's incremental SNDi rose from 2.51 to 3.89 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ballarpur ranked 56th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 315th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.89
Rank in India
556th of 1868
Rank in Maharashtra
74th of 157

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.65
Rank in India
315th of 1868
Rank in Maharashtra
56th of 157

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BallarpurLepingWinneba

In new street additions, Ballarpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Leping fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Winneba built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Ballarpur and Winneba both became progressively more disconnected, while Leping became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Ballarpur and Leping have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.