Cuttack in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Cuttack in context

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CuttackOdisha (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Cuttack plotted against Odisha and India. The SNDi of new construction in Cuttack peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Odisha which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Cuttack's incremental SNDi fell from 3.4 to 2.67 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Cuttack ranked 15th out of 58 cities in Odisha and 551st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.67
Rank in India
194th of 1868
Rank in Odisha
5th of 58

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.15
Rank in India
551st of 1868
Rank in Odisha
15th of 58

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

What about similarly populated cities?

345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CuttackNandedIkorodu

While Nanded and Ikorodu both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Cuttack built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Nanded and Ikorodu both became progressively more disconnected, while Cuttack grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Cuttack had a more sprawly network than Nanded in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.