Bhadgaon 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 Bhadgaon plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bhadgaon was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Bhadgaon's incremental SNDi rose from 2.6 to 2.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bhadgaon ranked 49th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 257th 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?

• Badokwa, Central African Republic
• Zamość, Poland
• Chengjiang, China
• Dali, China
• Yengisar, China
• Asadabad, Iran

In new street additions, Bhadgaon built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Badokwa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Dali built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Bhadgaon became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Badokwa grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Dali became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Bhadgaon had a more sprawly network than Dali in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.