Ramagundam in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ramagundam in context

2.12.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RamagundamTelangana (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ramagundam plotted against Telangana and India. The SNDi of new construction in Ramagundam rose steadily, compared to Telangana which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ramagundam's incremental SNDi rose from 3.62 to 4.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ramagundam ranked 31st out of 47 cities in Telangana and 510th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.26
Rank in India
697th of 1868
Rank in Telangana
40th of 47

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.08
Rank in India
510th of 1868
Rank in Telangana
31st of 47

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RamagundamBhalwalTurkmenabat

In new street additions, Ramagundam and Bhalwal both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Turkmenabat built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Ramagundam and Bhalwal have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.