Deoband in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Deoband in context

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DeobandUttar Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Deoband plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Deoband's incremental SNDi rose from 9.13 to 13.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Deoband ranked 289th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1850th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
13.76
Rank in India
1781st of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
281st of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
10.71
Rank in India
1850th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
289th of 291

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

What about similarly populated cities?

4812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DeobandFayzabadNingdu

Deoband, Fayzabad, and Ningdu all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. For the full network, Deoband and Ningdu both became progressively more disconnected, while Fayzabad grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Deoband and Fayzabad have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.