Vrindavan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Vrindavan in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
VrindavanUttar Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Vrindavan plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Vrindavan 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, Vrindavan's incremental SNDi rose from 3.72 to 3.9 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Vrindavan ranked 115th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 832nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.9
Rank in India
563rd of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
104th of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.61
Rank in India
832nd of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
115th of 291

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.42.83.23.64<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.42.83.23.64<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
VrindavanFungurumeRewari

In new street additions, Vrindavan and Fungurume both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Rewari fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Vrindavan and Fungurume have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.