Jhanjharpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jhanjharpur in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JhanjharpurBihar (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jhanjharpur plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Jhanjharpur 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, Jhanjharpur's incremental SNDi rose from 4.1 to 4.37 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jhanjharpur ranked 50th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 853rd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.37
Rank in India
737th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
71st of 264

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.65
Rank in India
853rd of 1868
Rank in Bihar
50th of 264

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JhanjharpurSan Cristobal de las CasasMahuva

In new street additions, Jhanjharpur and Mahuva both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while San Cristóbal de las Casas fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Jhanjharpur had a more connected network than San Cristóbal de las Casas in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.