Aurangabad in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Aurangabad in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Aurangabad plotted against Bihar and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Aurangabad's incremental SNDi rose from 4.53 to 4.8 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Aurangabad ranked 92nd out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1179th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.8
Rank in India
943rd of 1868
Rank in Bihar
108th of 264

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.2
Rank in India
1179th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
92nd 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
AurangabadEl ProgresoGhinda

In new street additions, Aurangabad fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while El Progreso built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Ghinda built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Aurangabad and El Progreso both became progressively more disconnected, while Ghinda became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Aurangabad and Ghinda have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.