Gopalganj in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Gopalganj in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gopalganj plotted against Bihar and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Gopalganj's incremental SNDi rose from 2.08 to 12.98 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gopalganj ranked 47th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 827th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 12.98
- Rank in India
- 1778th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 246th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.61
- Rank in India
- 827th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 47th of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Madison, United States
- St. Catharines, Canada
- Safipur, India
- Al Rahad, Sudan
- Aonla, India
- Arba Minch, Ethiopia
In new street additions, Gopalganj and Al Rahad both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Madison built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Gopalganj had a more connected network than Madison in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.