Bhopatpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bhopatpur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bhopatpur plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bhopatpur followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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, Bhopatpur's incremental SNDi fell from 4.89 to 4.07 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bhopatpur ranked 96th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1199th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.07
- Rank in India
- 615th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 52nd of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.24
- Rank in India
- 1199th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 96th of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Huaraz, Peru
- Abbasabad, Iran
- Dambatta, Nigeria
- Jaigaon, India
- Tongrim, North Korea
- Chalco, United States
In new street additions, Bhopatpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Huaraz fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Jaigaon built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Huaraz and Jaigaon both became progressively more disconnected, while Bhopatpur fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Bhopatpur had a more sprawly network than Jaigaon in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.