Tilhar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tilhar in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TilharUttar Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tilhar plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Tilhar was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Tilhar's incremental SNDi rose from 2.64 to 2.93 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tilhar ranked 55th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 336th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.93
Rank in India
240th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
60th of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.69
Rank in India
336th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
55th of 291

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TilharPitestiSamarbagh

While Pitești and Samarbagh both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Tilhar built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Pitești and Samarbagh both became progressively more disconnected, while Tilhar became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Tilhar had a more sprawly network than Pitești in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.