Abhaipur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Abhaipur in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AbhaipurBihar (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Abhaipur plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Abhaipur followed a zig-zag trend, compared to Bihar 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, Abhaipur ranked 49th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 838th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
N/A

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.62
Rank in India
838th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
49th of 264

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AbhaipurSanawadVenkatagiri

While Sanawad and Venkatagiri both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Abhaipur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Sanawad and Venkatagiri both fluctuated in connectivity, while Abhaipur became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Abhaipur had a more connected network than Venkatagiri in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.