Banwaripur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Banwaripur in context

4567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BanwaripurBihar (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Banwaripur plotted against Bihar and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Banwaripur's incremental SNDi rose from 6.82 to 7.08 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Banwaripur ranked 244th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1760th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.08
Rank in India
1574th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
212th of 264

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.67
Rank in India
1760th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
244th of 264

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

What about similarly populated cities?

4812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BanwaripurChiure-SedeAl Aaroui

In new street additions, Banwaripur and Al Aaroui both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Chiure-Sede built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Banwaripur became progressively more disconnected, while Chiure-Sede became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Al Aaroui fluctuated in connectivity. Banwaripur and Al Aaroui have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.