Bariarpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bariarpur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bariarpur plotted against Bihar and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Bariarpur's incremental SNDi rose from 5.02 to 8.37 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bariarpur ranked 218th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1642nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 8.37
- Rank in India
- 1686th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 232nd of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.64
- Rank in India
- 1642nd of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 218th of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Livingston, United Kingdom
- Bwamanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Gushiegu, Ghana
- Nikšić, Montenegro
- Leszno, Poland
- Bebedjia, Chad
While Livingston and Nikšić both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Bariarpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Bariarpur fluctuated in connectivity, while Livingston grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Nikšić became progressively more disconnected.