Bajar Keraia 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 Bajar Keraia plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bajar Keraia was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Bajar Keraia's incremental SNDi rose from 3.91 to 4.78 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bajar Keraia ranked 101st out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1216th 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?

• Fassala, Mauritania
• Alfenas, Brazil
• Manakara, Madagascar
• Mandapeta, India
• Kharan, Pakistan
• Qubodiyon, Tajikistan

In new street additions, Bajar Keraia and Fassala both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Mandapeta fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Bajar Keraia and Fassala both became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Mandapeta became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Bajar Keraia had a more connected network than Fassala in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.