Tiruttani in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Tiruttani in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tiruttani plotted against Tamil Nadu and India. While Tamil Nadu and India both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Tiruttani's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Tiruttani's incremental SNDi rose from 2.85 to 8.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tiruttani ranked 67th out of 121 cities in Tamil Nadu and 989th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 8.39
- Rank in India
- 1688th of 1868
- Rank in Tamil Nadu
- 118th of 121
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.87
- Rank in India
- 989th of 1868
- Rank in Tamil Nadu
- 67th of 121
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Tiruttani and Tohana both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Yanbarau built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Tohana and Yanbarau both became progressively more disconnected, while Tiruttani fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Tiruttani had a more sprawly network than Tohana in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.