Sherkot in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sherkot in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sherkot plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Sherkot's incremental SNDi rose from 1.15 to 1.45 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sherkot ranked 18th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 66th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.45
Rank in India
62nd of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
24th of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.65
Rank in India
66th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
18th of 291

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SherkotTottoriTongchuan

Sherkot, Tottori, and Tongchuan all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. For the full network, Sherkot and Tongchuan both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Tottori became progressively more disconnected. Sherkot and Tottori have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.