Hanumangarh in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hanumangarh 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
HanumangarhRajasthan (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hanumangarh plotted against Rajasthan and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Hanumangarh's incremental SNDi rose from 2.26 to 2.45 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hanumangarh ranked 12th out of 95 cities in Rajasthan and 121st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.45
Rank in India
155th of 1868
Rank in Rajasthan
18th of 95

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.08
Rank in India
121st of 1868
Rank in Rajasthan
12th of 95

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
HanumangarhPiroShihali

In new street additions, Hanumangarh fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Piro built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Shihali built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Hanumangarh and Piro both became progressively more disconnected, while Shihali became progressively more connected. Hanumangarh and Piro have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.