Kalyanpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kalyanpur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kalyanpur plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kalyanpur followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, 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, Kalyanpur's incremental SNDi fell from 5.04 to 4.92 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kalyanpur ranked 159th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1456th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.92
- Rank in India
- 1008th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 116th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.91
- Rank in India
- 1456th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 159th of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Siuri, India
- Hamedan, Iran
- Hatay, Turkey
- Buffalo, United States
- Zoucheng, China
- Riverside, United States
In new street additions, Kalyanpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Siuri built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Buffalo built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Kalyanpur became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Siuri grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Buffalo became progressively more disconnected.