Bhadohi in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bhadohi in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bhadohi plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bhadohi 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, Bhadohi's incremental SNDi rose from 4.95 to 5.85 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bhadohi ranked 183rd out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1217th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.85
- Rank in India
- 1324th of 1868
- Rank in Uttar Pradesh
- 233rd of 291
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.29
- Rank in India
- 1217th of 1868
- Rank in Uttar Pradesh
- 183rd of 291
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Bhadohi built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Bo'ai built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Baoshan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Bhadohi and Baoshan both became progressively more disconnected, while Bo'ai grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Bhadohi had a more connected network than Bo'ai in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.