Yavatmal in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Yavatmal 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
YavatmalMaharashtra (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yavatmal plotted against Maharashtra and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Yavatmal's incremental SNDi rose from 2.32 to 2.81 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yavatmal ranked 41st out of 157 cities in Maharashtra and 223rd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.81
Rank in India
207th of 1868
Rank in Maharashtra
26th of 157

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.41
Rank in India
223rd of 1868
Rank in Maharashtra
41st of 157

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YavatmalVilniusRatlam

While Vilnius and Ratlam both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Yavatmal fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Yavatmal and Vilnius have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.