Sarai Aquil in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sarai Aquil in context

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Sarai AquilUttar Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sarai Aquil plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Sarai Aquil's incremental SNDi rose from 9.58 to 12.93 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sarai Aquil ranked 290th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1856th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
12.93
Rank in India
1777th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
280th of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
11.67
Rank in India
1856th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
290th of 291

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Sarai AquilQuzhouMagburaka

In new street additions, Sarai Aquil and Quzhou both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Magburaka built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Sarai Aquil and Quzhou both fluctuated in connectivity, while Magburaka became progressively more disconnected.