Suratgarh in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Suratgarh in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Suratgarh plotted against Rajasthan and India. The SNDi of new construction in Suratgarh 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, Suratgarh's incremental SNDi rose from 3.3 to 6.13 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Suratgarh ranked 67th out of 95 cities in Rajasthan and 724th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.13
- Rank in India
- 1396th of 1868
- Rank in Rajasthan
- 89th of 95
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.44
- Rank in India
- 724th of 1868
- Rank in Rajasthan
- 67th of 95
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Ohafia, Nigeria
- Bilimora, India
- Heping, China
- Kapashia, Bangladesh
- Langtang, Nigeria
- Raha, Indonesia
In new street additions, Suratgarh and Kapashia both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ohafia built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Suratgarh and Ohafia have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.