Bajpatti 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 Bajpatti plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bajpatti peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Bajpatti's incremental SNDi fell from 4.97 to 4.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bajpatti ranked 103rd out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1222nd 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?

• Madinat Lab'ūs, Yemen
• Hồng Ngự, Vietnam
• Yucheng, China
• Rayachoti, India
• Dayu, China
• Chester-le-Street, United Kingdom

In new street additions, Bajpatti built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Madinat Lab'ūs built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Rayachoti fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Bajpatti became progressively more disconnected, while Madinat Lab'ūs became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Rayachoti fluctuated in connectivity. Bajpatti and Madinat Lab'ūs have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.