Khatauli 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 Khatauli plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Khatauli followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, 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, Khatauli's incremental SNDi fell from 3.35 to 3.17 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khatauli ranked 60th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 364th 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?

• Tadepallegudem, India
• Guelma, Algeria
• Suryapet, India
• Mannarkkad, India
• Dangyang, China
• Copiapó, Chile

In new street additions, Khatauli fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Tadepallegudem built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Mannarkkad built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. Looking at the full network, Tadepallegudem and Mannarkkad both became progressively more disconnected, while Khatauli fluctuated in connectivity. Khatauli and Tadepallegudem have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.