Gamharia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Gamharia in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GamhariaBihar (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gamharia plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Gamharia 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, Gamharia ranked 1st out of 264 cities in Bihar and 21st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
N/A

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.2
Rank in India
21st of 1868
Rank in Bihar
1st of 264

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GamhariaLa VegaSyktyvkar

In new street additions, Gamharia fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while La Vega built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Syktyvkar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, La Vega and Syktyvkar both became progressively more disconnected, while Gamharia fluctuated in connectivity. Gamharia and La Vega have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.