Katihar in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Katihar in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Katihar plotted against Bihar and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Katihar's incremental SNDi rose from 4.49 to 6.1 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Katihar ranked 66th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1029th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.1
- Rank in India
- 1391st of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 177th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.93
- Rank in India
- 1029th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 66th of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Pegu, Myanmar
- Kosti, Sudan
- Eluru, India
- Al Abbasa al Sharqiya, Egypt
- Resistencia, Argentina
- Ramadi, Iraq
In new street additions, Katihar and Pegu both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Al Abbasa al Sharqiya fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Katihar and Pegu both became progressively more disconnected, while Al Abbasa al Sharqiya became progressively more connected. Notably, Katihar had a more connected network than Al Abbasa al Sharqiya in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.