Bakhri 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 Bakhri plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bakhri 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, Bakhri's incremental SNDi fell from 4.45 to 4.42 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bakhri ranked 88th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1144th 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?

• Sindhanur, India
• Gumel, Nigeria
• Companyganj, Bangladesh
• Girona, Spain
• Wadsharefy, Sudan
• Nawada, India

In new street additions, Bakhri built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Sindhanur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Girona built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Bakhri and Girona both became progressively more disconnected, while Sindhanur fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Bakhri had a more sprawly network than Sindhanur in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.