Jainagar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jainagar plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Jainagar 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, Jainagar's incremental SNDi fell from 6.25 to 5.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jainagar ranked 140th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1368th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Yangtian, China
• Suide, China
• Shegaon, India
• Kingombe, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Wudu, China
• Kuala Tungkal, Indonesia

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