Tirwaganj in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Tirwaganj in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tirwaganj plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Tirwaganj rose steadily, 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, Tirwaganj's incremental SNDi rose from 3.15 to 4.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tirwaganj ranked 140th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 984th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.72
- Rank in India
- 898th of 1868
- Rank in Uttar Pradesh
- 163rd of 291
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.86
- Rank in India
- 984th of 1868
- Rank in Uttar Pradesh
- 140th of 291
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Tirwaganj and Bolpur both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Tomakomai fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Tirwaganj and Bolpur have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.