Gopalpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Gopalpur in context

3.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GopalpurBihar (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gopalpur plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Gopalpur 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, Gopalpur ranked 19th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 372nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
N/A

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.78
Rank in India
372nd of 1868
Rank in Bihar
19th of 264

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GopalpurHezuoDambai

In new street additions, Gopalpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Hezuo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Dambai built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Gopalpur fluctuated in connectivity, while Hezuo became progressively more disconnected and Dambai grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.