Khajni 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 Khajni plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Khajni 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, Khajni's incremental SNDi fell from 8.02 to 5.88 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khajni ranked 270th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1741st 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?

• Jezqazğan, Kazakhstan
• Rybnitsa, Moldova
• Xiaducun, China
• Jutiapa, Guatemala
• Angoulême, France
• Qinglong, China

In new street additions, Khajni and Jezqazğan both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Jutiapa built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Khajni fluctuated in connectivity, while Jezqazğan became progressively more connected and Jutiapa became progressively more disconnected. Khajni and Jutiapa have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.