Balachandrapur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Balachandrapur in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BalachandrapurOdisha (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Balachandrapur plotted against Odisha and India. The SNDi of new construction in Balachandrapur followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Odisha which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Balachandrapur's incremental SNDi fell from 7.05 to 2.77 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Balachandrapur ranked 53rd out of 58 cities in Odisha and 1670th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.77
Rank in India
205th of 1868
Rank in Odisha
7th of 58

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.86
Rank in India
1670th of 1868
Rank in Odisha
53rd of 58

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BalachandrapurHanshanLakhipur

In new street additions, Balachandrapur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Hanshan built increasingly connected streets over time and Lakhipur built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Balachandrapur fluctuated in connectivity, while Hanshan became progressively more connected and Lakhipur became progressively more disconnected. Balachandrapur and Hanshan have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.