Khajauli in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Khajauli plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Khajauli was at its lowest in 1991-2005, 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, Khajauli's incremental SNDi rose from 3.16 to 3.63 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khajauli ranked 41st out of 264 cities in Bihar and 754th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Chakwal, Pakistan
• Arkhangelsk, Russia
• Padua, Italy
• Khairpur, Pakistan
• Ashdod, Israel
• Dohrighat, India

In new street additions, Khajauli built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Chakwal built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Khairpur built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Khajauli became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Chakwal became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Khairpur became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Khajauli had a more sprawly network than Khairpur in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.