Tirwaganj in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tirwaganj in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TirwaganjUttar Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

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?

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

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.