Chunar 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 Chunar plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Chunar followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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, Chunar's incremental SNDi fell from 4.03 to 2.81 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chunar ranked 146th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1037th 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?

• Sagauli, India
• Artush, China
• Jhalawar, India
• Rajoir, Bangladesh
• Ati, Chad
• Kafr al Tarayna, Egypt

In new street additions, Chunar and Sagauli both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Rajoir built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Chunar and Sagauli both fluctuated in connectivity, while Rajoir grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Chunar and Rajoir have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.