Bahadurpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bahadurpur plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bahadurpur 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, Bahadurpur's incremental SNDi fell from 7.02 to 4.65 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bahadurpur ranked 195th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1554th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Kopargaon, India
• Thuringowa Central, Australia
• Guangrao, China
• Moca, Dominican Republic
• Nawalgarh, India
• Lantian, China

In new street additions, Bahadurpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kopargaon built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Moca built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Bahadurpur fluctuated in connectivity, while Kopargaon grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Moca became progressively more disconnected. Bahadurpur and Kopargaon have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.