Barharwa Khurd 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 Barharwa Khurd plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Barharwa Khurd 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, Barharwa Khurd's incremental SNDi rose from 4.75 to 5.44 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Barharwa Khurd ranked 160th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1457th 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?

• Yanchi, China
• Vila Jardim, Brazil
• Gießen, Germany
• Дунай, Russia
• Kafr al Bazat, Egypt
• Al ‘Azīzīyah, Iraq

While Yanchi and Дунай both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Barharwa Khurd built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Barharwa Khurd became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Yanchi became progressively more disconnected and Дунай grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Barharwa Khurd and Yanchi have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.