Karimnagar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Karimnagar in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KarimnagarTelangana (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Karimnagar plotted against Telangana and India. The SNDi of new construction in Karimnagar rose steadily, compared to Telangana which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Karimnagar's incremental SNDi rose from 2.39 to 3.04 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Karimnagar ranked 9th out of 47 cities in Telangana and 228th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.04
Rank in India
265th of 1868
Rank in Telangana
15th of 47

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.43
Rank in India
228th of 1868
Rank in Telangana
9th of 47

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KarimnagarMirpur KhasBorama

In new street additions, Karimnagar and Mirpur Khas both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Borama fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Karimnagar and Mirpur Khas have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.