Manwat in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Manwat in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ManwatMaharashtra (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Manwat plotted against Maharashtra and India. The SNDi of new construction in Manwat 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, Manwat's incremental SNDi rose from 2.66 to 3.37 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Manwat ranked 37th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 197th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.37
Rank in India
356th of 1868
Rank in Maharashtra
47th of 157

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.34
Rank in India
197th of 1868
Rank in Maharashtra
37th of 157

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ManwatPirganjCacoal

In new street additions, Manwat built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Pirganj fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Cacoal built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Manwat and Cacoal both became progressively more disconnected, while Pirganj fluctuated in connectivity.