Khurja in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Khurja in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Khurja plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Khurja 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, Khurja's incremental SNDi fell from 4.55 to 4.12 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khurja ranked 182nd out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1211th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.12
- Rank in India
- 634th of 1868
- Rank in Uttar Pradesh
- 123rd of 291
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.27
- Rank in India
- 1211th of 1868
- Rank in Uttar Pradesh
- 182nd of 291
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Khurja fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Hanchuan built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Kamoke built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Khurja fluctuated in connectivity, while Hanchuan became progressively more disconnected and Kamoke became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Khurja and Hanchuan have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.