Charanikhali in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Charanikhali plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Charanikhali rose steadily, compared to West Bengal which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Charanikhali's incremental SNDi rose from 5.56 to 6.48 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Charanikhali ranked 106th out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 1676th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Mallikpratap, India
• Carlisle, United Kingdom
• Bintulu, Malaysia
• Baiji, Iraq
• Maple Ridge, Canada
• Lalmohan, Bangladesh

In new street additions, Charanikhali and Baiji both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Mallikpratap fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Charanikhali and Baiji both became progressively more disconnected, while Mallikpratap fluctuated in connectivity. Charanikhali and Mallikpratap have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.