Lakhisarai in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lakhisarai in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LakhisaraiBihar (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lakhisarai plotted against Bihar and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Lakhisarai's incremental SNDi rose from 1.02 to 1.44 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lakhisarai ranked 18th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 262nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.44
Rank in India
58th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
6th of 264

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.52
Rank in India
262nd of 1868
Rank in Bihar
18th of 264

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LakhisaraiPhitsanulokClermont-Ferrand

In new street additions, Lakhisarai fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Phitsanulok built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Clermont-Ferrand built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Looking at the full network, Phitsanulok and Clermont-Ferrand both became progressively more disconnected, while Lakhisarai grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Lakhisarai and Clermont-Ferrand have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.