Khirz Sarai in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Khirz Sarai in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Khirz Sarai plotted against Bihar and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Khirz Sarai's incremental SNDi rose from 4.63 to 5.84 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khirz Sarai ranked 164th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1471st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.84
- Rank in India
- 1323rd of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 169th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.94
- Rank in India
- 1471st of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 164th of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Migori, Kenya
- Huauchinango, México
- Xindeng, China
- Peterborough, Canada
- Pen, India
- Ghonchi, Tajikistan
In new street additions, Khirz Sarai and Peterborough both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Migori built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Migori and Peterborough both became progressively more disconnected, while Khirz Sarai fluctuated in connectivity. Khirz Sarai and Migori have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.