Sultanpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sultanpur in context

3.64.24.85.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.64.24.85.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SultanpurUttar Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sultanpur plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Sultanpur's incremental SNDi rose from 4.81 to 5.53 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sultanpur ranked 234th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1478th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.53
Rank in India
1229th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
224th of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.96
Rank in India
1478th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
234th of 291

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SultanpurDiyarbakirZinder

In new street additions, Sultanpur and Zinder both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Diyarbakir built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Sultanpur became progressively more disconnected, while Diyarbakir grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Zinder fluctuated in connectivity.