Chandrapur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Chandrapur in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChandrapurMaharashtra (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chandrapur plotted against Maharashtra and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Chandrapur's incremental SNDi rose from 3.22 to 4.38 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chandrapur ranked 87th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 636th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.38
Rank in India
749th of 1868
Rank in Maharashtra
94th of 157

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.3
Rank in India
636th of 1868
Rank in Maharashtra
87th of 157

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChandrapurWuzhouNganjuk

In new street additions, Chandrapur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Wuzhou built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Nganjuk built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.