Bhilwara in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bhilwara in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bhilwara plotted against Rajasthan and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Bhilwara's incremental SNDi rose from 2.15 to 2.45 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bhilwara ranked 21st out of 95 cities in Rajasthan and 179th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.45
- Rank in India
- 154th of 1868
- Rank in Rajasthan
- 17th of 95
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.28
- Rank in India
- 179th of 1868
- Rank in Rajasthan
- 21st of 95
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Bhilwara and Mazatlán both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Minna built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Looking at the full network, Mazatlán and Minna both became progressively more disconnected, while Bhilwara fluctuated in connectivity. Bhilwara and Mazatlán have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.