Chikhli in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Chikhli in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chikhli plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Chikhli 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, Chikhli's incremental SNDi rose from 2.71 to 4.41 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chikhli ranked 63rd out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 358th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.41
- Rank in India
- 763rd of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 96th of 157
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.74
- Rank in India
- 358th of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 63rd of 157
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Pakokku, Myanmar
- Pakdasht, Iran
- Kenge, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Basha, Ethiopia
- Çanakkale, Turkey
- Erigavo, Somalia
In new street additions, Chikhli and Pakokku both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Basha built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Chikhli had a more connected network than Pakokku in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.