Ekangar Sarai in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Ekangar Sarai in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ekangar Sarai plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Ekangar Sarai followed a zig-zag trend, 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. In terms of the aggregate network, Ekangar Sarai ranked 241st out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1744th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- N/A
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 6.51
- Rank in India
- 1744th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 241st of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Tikhoretsk, Russia
- Dias d'Ávila, Brazil
- Azua, Dominican Republic
- Kota Nunukan, Indonesia
- Kurunegala, Sri Lanka
- Kuancheng, China
While Tikhoretsk and Kota Nunukan both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Ekangar Sarai fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Tikhoretsk and Kota Nunukan both became progressively more disconnected, while Ekangar Sarai fluctuated in connectivity.