Bhagalpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bhagalpur in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BhagalpurBihar (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bhagalpur plotted against Bihar and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Bhagalpur's incremental SNDi rose from 3.7 to 4.3 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bhagalpur ranked 40th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 749th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.3
Rank in India
710th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
64th of 264

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.48
Rank in India
749th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
40th of 264

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BhagalpurNukusNawabshah

While Nukus and Nawabshah both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Bhagalpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Bhagalpur and Nawabshah have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.