Mankapur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mankapur in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mankapur plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Mankapur's incremental SNDi rose from 1.26 to 2.37 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mankapur ranked 36th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 202nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.37
Rank in India
148th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
49th of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.35
Rank in India
202nd of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
36th of 291

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

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MankapurBomadiPayathonzu

In new street additions, Mankapur and Payathonzu both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Bomadi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Mankapur and Payathonzu both fluctuated in connectivity, while Bomadi became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Mankapur and Bomadi have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.