Kumarghat in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kumarghat in context

4567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KumarghatTripura (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kumarghat plotted against Tripura and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kumarghat followed a zig-zag trend, compared to Tripura which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. In terms of the aggregate network, Kumarghat ranked 4th out of 5 cities in Tripura and 1322nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
N/A

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.52
Rank in India
1322nd of 1868
Rank in Tripura
4th of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KumarghatTambakboyoYingjiang County

In new street additions, Kumarghat fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Tambakboyo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Yingjiang County built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Tambakboyo and Yingjiang County both became progressively more disconnected, while Kumarghat became progressively more disconnected. Kumarghat and Tambakboyo have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.