Chitrakoot Dham in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chitrakoot Dham plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Chitrakoot Dham was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Chitrakoot Dham's incremental SNDi rose from 5.51 to 11.11 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chitrakoot Dham ranked 273rd out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1753rd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Kasumbalesa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Guanghan, China
• Riohacha, Colombia
• Sullana, Peru
• Mancherial, India
• Fukushima, Japan

While Kasumbalesa and Sullana both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Chitrakoot Dham built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Chitrakoot Dham became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Kasumbalesa fluctuated in connectivity and Sullana grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.