Kheragarh 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 Kheragarh plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kheragarh was at its lowest in 1991-2005, 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, Kheragarh's incremental SNDi rose from 1.75 to 3.5 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kheragarh ranked 230th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1452nd 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?

• Itacoatiara, Brazil
• Amber, India
• Kopeysk, Russia
• Hutou, China
• Điện Biên Phủ, Vietnam
• Cuamba, Mozambique

In new street additions, Kheragarh built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Itacoatiara fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Hutou built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Kheragarh became progressively more connected, while Itacoatiara became progressively more disconnected and Hutou grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Kheragarh and Itacoatiara have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.