Kanchra in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kanchra in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kanchra plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kanchra followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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, Kanchra's incremental SNDi fell from 11.1 to 7.86 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kanchra ranked 139th out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 1855th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.86
- Rank in India
- 1655th of 1868
- Rank in West Bengal
- 101st of 140
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 11.28
- Rank in India
- 1855th of 1868
- Rank in West Bengal
- 139th of 140
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Polasara, India
- Khrew, Jammu and Kashmir
- Saint-André, Réunion
- Kalulushi, Zambia
- Irecê, Brazil
- Huining, China
In new street additions, Kanchra fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Polasara fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Kalulushi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Kanchra fluctuated in connectivity, while Polasara fluctuated in connectivity and Kalulushi became progressively more disconnected.