Bihpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bihpur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bihpur plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bihpur 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, Bihpur's incremental SNDi rose from 4.44 to 5.7 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bihpur ranked 86th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1122nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.7
- Rank in India
- 1283rd of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 162nd of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.1
- Rank in India
- 1122nd of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 86th of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Monywa, Myanmar
- Alaba Kulito, Ethiopia
- Ikere-Ekiti, Nigeria
- Qingbaijiang, China
- Münster, Germany
- Beawar, India
In new street additions, Bihpur built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Monywa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Qingbaijiang built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Bihpur became progressively more disconnected, while Monywa fluctuated in connectivity and Qingbaijiang became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Bihpur had a more connected network than Qingbaijiang in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.