Nilanga in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nilanga in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NilangaMaharashtra (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nilanga plotted against Maharashtra and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Nilanga's incremental SNDi rose from 0.52 to 1.16 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nilanga ranked 1st out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 8th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.16
Rank in India
33rd of 1868
Rank in Maharashtra
4th of 157

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
0.86
Rank in India
8th of 1868
Rank in Maharashtra
1st of 157

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NilangaShostkaJahanian

In new street additions, Nilanga and Jahanian both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Shostka built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Nilanga fluctuated in connectivity, while Shostka grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Jahanian became progressively more disconnected.