Bikramganj in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bikramganj in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bikramganj plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bikramganj 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, Bikramganj's incremental SNDi rose from 6.8 to 8.22 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bikramganj ranked 226th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1665th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 8.22
- Rank in India
- 1675th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 228th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.83
- Rank in India
- 1665th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 226th 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, Bikramganj and Araguari both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Patnos built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Bikramganj and Araguari both became progressively more disconnected, while Patnos grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Bikramganj and Patnos have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.