Kharagpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kharagpur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kharagpur plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kharagpur peaked 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, Kharagpur's incremental SNDi fell from 5.16 to 4.82 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kharagpur ranked 136th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1360th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.82
- Rank in India
- 954th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 110th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.61
- Rank in India
- 1360th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 136th of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Kharagpur and Jingxi both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Araras built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Jingxi and Araras both became progressively more disconnected, while Kharagpur grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.