Kharik 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 Kharik plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kharik was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Kharik's incremental SNDi rose from 4.24 to 6.93 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kharik ranked 109th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1249th 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?

• Punta Alta, Argentina
• Khand Khil, Afghanistan
• Sikandar Pur, India
• Kebuyutan, Indonesia
• Akçay, Turkey
• Ayteke Bi, Kazakhstan

In new street additions, Kharik built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Punta Alta built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Kebuyutan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Kharik became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Punta Alta became progressively more disconnected and Kebuyutan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.