Akhgaon in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Akhgaon in context

3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AkhgaonBihar (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Akhgaon plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Akhgaon followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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. Most recently, Akhgaon's incremental SNDi fell from 4.34 to 3.65 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Akhgaon ranked 89th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1169th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.65
Rank in India
447th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
36th of 264

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.19
Rank in India
1169th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
89th of 264

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
AkhgaonWoluoguIngeniero Juan Allan

In new street additions, Akhgaon fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Woluogu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Ingeniero Juan Allan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Akhgaon fluctuated in connectivity, while Woluogu grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Ingeniero Juan Allan fluctuated in connectivity. Akhgaon and Woluogu have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.