Bhongir in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bhongir plotted against Telangana and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bhongir was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Telangana which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bhongir's incremental SNDi rose from 2.86 to 3.74 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bhongir ranked 23rd out of 47 cities in Telangana and 451st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Dongjingcheng, China
• Mahgawan, India
• Al-Rifa'i, Iraq
• Gowribidanur, India
• Gweru, Zimbabwe
• Matlab, Bangladesh

While Dongjingcheng and Gowribidanur both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Bhongir built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Bhongir became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Dongjingcheng became progressively more disconnected and Gowribidanur fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Bhongir had a more sprawly network than Dongjingcheng in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.