Bihar Sharif in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bihar Sharif in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bihar Sharif plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bihar Sharif 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, Bihar Sharif's incremental SNDi rose from 5.89 to 12.53 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bihar Sharif ranked 213th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1621st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 12.53
- Rank in India
- 1774th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 243rd of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.53
- Rank in India
- 1621st of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 213th of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Bihar Sharif built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Korla built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Tyumen built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Bihar Sharif and Tyumen both became progressively more disconnected, while Korla grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Bihar Sharif and Korla have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.