Kaimganj in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kaimganj in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KaimganjUttar Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kaimganj plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kaimganj's incremental SNDi rose from 3.89 to 5.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kaimganj ranked 169th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1156th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.26
Rank in India
1135th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
209th of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.16
Rank in India
1156th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
169th of 291

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KaimganjBinangunSterlitamak

In new street additions, Kaimganj fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Binangun built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Sterlitamak built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Kaimganj and Binangun both became progressively more disconnected, while Sterlitamak grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Kaimganj had a more connected network than Sterlitamak in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.