Sikar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sikar in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SikarRajasthan (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sikar plotted against Rajasthan and India. The SNDi of new construction in Sikar 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, Sikar's incremental SNDi rose from 3.4 to 3.54 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sikar ranked 64th out of 95 cities in Rajasthan and 642nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.54
Rank in India
410th of 1868
Rank in Rajasthan
51st of 95

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.31
Rank in India
642nd of 1868
Rank in Rajasthan
64th of 95

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SikarPortmoreMirpur Khas

In new street additions, Sikar and Mirpur Khas both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Portmore fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Sikar had a more sprawly network than Mirpur Khas in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.