Bhagwanpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bhagwanpur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bhagwanpur plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bhagwanpur was at its lowest in 1991-2005, 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, Bhagwanpur's incremental SNDi rose from 4.81 to 10.23 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bhagwanpur ranked 253rd out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1802nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 10.23
- Rank in India
- 1746th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 238th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 7.64
- Rank in India
- 1802nd of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 253rd of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
While Curvelo and Ipetumodu both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Bhagwanpur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Curvelo and Ipetumodu both became progressively more disconnected, while Bhagwanpur became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.