Pukhrayan 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 Pukhrayan plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Pukhrayan peaked 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, Pukhrayan's incremental SNDi fell from 6.41 to 6.25 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pukhrayan ranked 255th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1661st 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?

• Bazhou, China
• Nilambur, India
• Larissa, Greece
• Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan
• Isanlu Mopo, Nigeria
• Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir

In new street additions, Pukhrayan and Taldykorgan both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Bazhou built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Pukhrayan became progressively more disconnected, while Bazhou became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Taldykorgan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Pukhrayan had a more connected network than Bazhou in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.