Banmankhi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Banmankhi in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Banmankhi plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Banmankhi 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, Banmankhi's incremental SNDi fell from 4.84 to 4.62 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Banmankhi ranked 126th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1335th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.62
Rank in India
858th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
96th of 264

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.56
Rank in India
1335th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
126th of 264

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BanmankhiBhawaniganjBath

In new street additions, Banmankhi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Bhawaniganj fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Bath built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Banmankhi became progressively more disconnected, while Bhawaniganj grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Bath grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Banmankhi and Bhawaniganj have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.