Bibhutpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bibhutpur in context

3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BibhutpurBihar (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bibhutpur plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bibhutpur peaked 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, Bibhutpur's incremental SNDi fell from 5.24 to 5.11 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bibhutpur ranked 158th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1454th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.11
Rank in India
1081st of 1868
Rank in Bihar
125th of 264

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.9
Rank in India
1454th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
158th of 264

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BibhutpurHavanaBudapest

In new street additions, Bibhutpur and Havana both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Budapest built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.