Gadchiroli in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Gadchiroli in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gadchiroli plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Gadchiroli 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, Gadchiroli's incremental SNDi rose from 3.16 to 4.48 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gadchiroli ranked 102nd out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 766th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.48
- Rank in India
- 795th of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 101st of 157
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.51
- Rank in India
- 766th of 1868
- Rank in Maharashtra
- 102nd of 157
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Gadchiroli and Agaro both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Três Lagoas fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Gadchiroli and Agaro have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.