Bareilly in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bareilly in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BareillyUttar Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bareilly plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bareilly rose steadily, compared to Uttar Pradesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bareilly's incremental SNDi rose from 3.86 to 4.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bareilly ranked 126th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 907th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.68
Rank in India
880th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
157th of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.75
Rank in India
907th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
126th of 291

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.83.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BareillyBanhaTegal

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