Orai in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Orai in context

33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OraiUttar Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Orai plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Orai's incremental SNDi rose from 4.0 to 4.71 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Orai ranked 152nd out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1079th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.71
Rank in India
894th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
161st of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.01
Rank in India
1079th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
152nd of 291

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

What about similarly populated cities?

33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OraiLepingDuri

In new street additions, Orai fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Leping built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Duri built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Orai and Duri both became progressively more disconnected, while Leping grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Orai had a more connected network than Leping in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.