Begusarai in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Begusarai in context

3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BegusaraiBihar (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Begusarai plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Begusarai rose steadily, 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, Begusarai's incremental SNDi rose from 5.09 to 5.86 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Begusarai ranked 112th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1267th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.86
Rank in India
1326th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
170th of 264

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.4
Rank in India
1267th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
112th of 264

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BegusaraiAntalyaCan Tho

In new street additions, Begusarai and Cần Thơ both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Antalya fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Begusarai and Cần Thơ have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.