Jehanabad in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jehanabad in context

3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JehanabadBihar (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jehanabad plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Jehanabad rose steadily, 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, Jehanabad's incremental SNDi rose from 5.24 to 5.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jehanabad ranked 132nd out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1352nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.68
Rank in India
1276th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
159th of 264

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.59
Rank in India
1352nd of 1868
Rank in Bihar
132nd of 264

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JehanabadBahubalChittorgarh

Jehanabad, Bahubal, and Chittorgarh all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Jehanabad and Bahubal have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.