Kendujhargarh in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kendujhargarh in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KendujhargarhOdisha (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kendujhargarh plotted against Odisha and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kendujhargarh rose steadily, compared to Odisha which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kendujhargarh's incremental SNDi rose from 3.11 to 5.35 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kendujhargarh ranked 11th out of 58 cities in Odisha and 487th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.35
Rank in India
1163rd of 1868
Rank in Odisha
31st of 58

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.03
Rank in India
487th of 1868
Rank in Odisha
11th of 58

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KendujhargarhSoroDer Abi Saeed

In new street additions, Kendujhargarh built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Soro built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Der Abi Saeed fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Kendujhargarh and Der Abi Saeed both became progressively more disconnected, while Soro became progressively more connected. Kendujhargarh and Soro have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.