Bholarhat in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bholarhat in context

4681012<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4681012<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BholarhatRajshahi (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bholarhat plotted against Rajshahi and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Bholarhat followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Rajshahi which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bholarhat's incremental SNDi fell from 11.24 to 9.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bholarhat ranked 31st out of 37 cities in Rajshahi and 188th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
9.68
Rank in Bangladesh
147th of 234
Rank in Rajshahi
15th of 37

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
9.83
Rank in Bangladesh
188th of 234
Rank in Rajshahi
31st of 37

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BholarhatDeori KhasGaggoo

In new street additions, Bholarhat fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Deori Khas fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Gaggoo built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Bholarhat fluctuated in connectivity, while Deori Khas fluctuated in connectivity and Gaggoo grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.