Suryapet in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Suryapet in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SuryapetTelangana (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Suryapet plotted against Telangana and India. The SNDi of new construction in Suryapet rose steadily, compared to Telangana which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Suryapet's incremental SNDi rose from 2.15 to 2.97 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Suryapet ranked 7th out of 47 cities in Telangana and 208th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.97
Rank in India
248th of 1868
Rank in Telangana
13th of 47

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.36
Rank in India
208th of 1868
Rank in Telangana
7th of 47

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SuryapetKafanchanGuelma

In new street additions, Suryapet and Kafanchan both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Guelma fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Suryapet and Kafanchan have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.