Shirpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Shirpur in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShirpurMaharashtra (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shirpur plotted against Maharashtra and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Shirpur's incremental SNDi rose from 2.21 to 2.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shirpur ranked 36th out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 194th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.39
Rank in India
149th of 1868
Rank in Maharashtra
16th of 157

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.33
Rank in India
194th of 1868
Rank in Maharashtra
36th of 157

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShirpurBajilNaples

In new street additions, Shirpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Bajil built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Naples built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Shirpur fluctuated in connectivity, while Bajil became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Naples became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Shirpur had a more connected network than Bajil in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.