Tulsipur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tulsipur in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TulsipurUttar Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tulsipur plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Tulsipur followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, 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, Tulsipur's incremental SNDi fell from 6.42 to 4.89 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tulsipur ranked 206th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1309th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.89
Rank in India
984th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
183rd of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.48
Rank in India
1309th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
206th of 291

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TulsipurNanfengSumenep

While Nanfeng and Sumenep both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Tulsipur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Tulsipur fluctuated in connectivity, while Nanfeng fluctuated in connectivity and Sumenep became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Tulsipur had a more connected network than Sumenep in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.