Gaighat in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Gaighat in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gaighat plotted against Bihar and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Gaighat's incremental SNDi rose from 2.59 to 4.57 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gaighat ranked 94th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1189th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.57
- Rank in India
- 832nd of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 91st of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.22
- Rank in India
- 1189th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 94th 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, Gaighat and Mindelo both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Poissy built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Gaighat and Mindelo both fluctuated in connectivity, while Poissy grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Gaighat and Mindelo have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.