Jhunjhunu in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Jhunjhunu in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jhunjhunu plotted against Rajasthan and India. The SNDi of new construction in Jhunjhunu rose steadily, compared to Rajasthan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Jhunjhunu's incremental SNDi rose from 3.29 to 3.55 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jhunjhunu ranked 60th out of 95 cities in Rajasthan and 617th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.55
- Rank in India
- 415th of 1868
- Rank in Rajasthan
- 53rd of 95
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.27
- Rank in India
- 617th of 1868
- Rank in Rajasthan
- 60th of 95
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
Jhunjhunu, Tieling, and Kisaran all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network.