Pilibhit in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pilibhit in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pilibhit plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Pilibhit rose steadily, 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, Pilibhit's incremental SNDi rose from 4.39 to 4.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pilibhit ranked 159th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1114th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.72
Rank in India
896th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
162nd of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.09
Rank in India
1114th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
159th of 291

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PilibhitEldoretXuanhua

In new street additions, Pilibhit and Eldoret both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Xuanhua fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Pilibhit had a more connected network than Eldoret in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.