Khammam in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Khammam in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KhammamTelangana (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Khammam plotted against Telangana and India. While Telangana and India both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Khammam's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Khammam's incremental SNDi rose from 3.25 to 4.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khammam ranked 42nd out of 47 cities in Telangana and 705th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.18
Rank in India
661st of 1868
Rank in Telangana
37th of 47

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.41
Rank in India
705th of 1868
Rank in Telangana
42nd of 47

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KhammamAl WadiDongtai

In new street additions, Khammam and Al Wadi both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Dongtai built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Khammam became progressively more disconnected, while Al Wadi fluctuated in connectivity and Dongtai grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Khammam and Al Wadi have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.