Tarkeshwar 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 Tarkeshwar plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Tarkeshwar peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Tarkeshwar's incremental SNDi fell from 6.28 to 6.25 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tarkeshwar ranked 105th out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 1672nd 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?

• Bou Saada, Algeria
• Alabama, South Africa
• Yopal, Colombia
• Lucerne, Switzerland
• Shangluo, China
• Dhamtari, India

While Bou Saada and Lucerne both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Tarkeshwar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Tarkeshwar and Bou Saada have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.