Pandaveswar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pandaveswar in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PandaveswarWest Bengal (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pandaveswar plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Pandaveswar followed a zig-zag trend, 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. In terms of the aggregate network, Pandaveswar ranked 4th out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 138th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
N/A

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.15
Rank in India
138th of 1868
Rank in West Bengal
4th of 140

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PandaveswarTosuAyang

In new street additions, Pandaveswar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Tosu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Ayang built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Pandaveswar became progressively more connected, while Tosu grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Ayang became progressively more disconnected. Pandaveswar and Tosu have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.