Kahalgaon in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kahalgaon in context

3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KahalgaonBihar (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kahalgaon plotted against Bihar and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kahalgaon's incremental SNDi rose from 5.39 to 5.74 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kahalgaon ranked 200th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1581st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.74
Rank in India
1297th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
164th of 264

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.32
Rank in India
1581st of 1868
Rank in Bihar
200th 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
KahalgaonDundoLingshan

In new street additions, Kahalgaon fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Dundo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Lingshan built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Kahalgaon and Lingshan both became progressively more disconnected, while Dundo became progressively more connected. Kahalgaon and Dundo have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.