Dahura in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Dahura in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DahuraBihar (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dahura plotted against Bihar and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Dahura's incremental SNDi rose from 2.43 to 4.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dahura ranked 21st out of 264 cities in Bihar and 404th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.26
Rank in India
698th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
60th of 264

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.82
Rank in India
404th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
21st of 264

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DahuraMumbwaInam Kalay

In new street additions, Dahura fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Mumbwa built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Inam Kalay built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Dahura fluctuated in connectivity, while Mumbwa became progressively more disconnected and Inam Kalay became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Dahura and Mumbwa have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.