Jagdispur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jagdispur in context

3.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JagdispurBihar (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jagdispur plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Jagdispur peaked in 1991-2005, 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. Most recently, Jagdispur's incremental SNDi fell from 4.61 to 3.78 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jagdispur ranked 63rd out of 264 cities in Bihar and 981st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.78
Rank in India
509th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
44th of 264

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.86
Rank in India
981st of 1868
Rank in Bihar
63rd of 264

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JagdispurLawdarCai Lay

In new street additions, Jagdispur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Lawdar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Cai Lậy built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Jagdispur grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Lawdar became progressively more disconnected and Cai Lậy became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Jagdispur had a more sprawly network than Lawdar in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.