Barpeta Road in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Barpeta Road in context

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Barpeta RoadAssam (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Barpeta Road plotted against Assam and India. The SNDi of new construction in Barpeta Road followed a zig-zag trend, compared to Assam which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. In terms of the aggregate network, Barpeta Road ranked 8th out of 67 cities in Assam and 160th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
N/A

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.22
Rank in India
160th of 1868
Rank in Assam
8th of 67

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Barpeta RoadAkbarpurJianchang

In new street additions, Barpeta Road fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Akbarpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Jianchang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Barpeta Road fluctuated in connectivity, while Akbarpur fluctuated in connectivity and Jianchang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Barpeta Road and Akbarpur have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.