Lauria Nandangarh in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lauria Nandangarh in context

3.64.24.85.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.64.24.85.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Lauria NandangarhBihar (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lauria Nandangarh plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Lauria Nandangarh followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, 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, Lauria Nandangarh's incremental SNDi fell from 4.62 to 4.6 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lauria Nandangarh ranked 53rd out of 264 cities in Bihar and 892nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.6
Rank in India
846th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
94th of 264

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.72
Rank in India
892nd of 1868
Rank in Bihar
53rd of 264

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Lauria NandangarhGaotangKaranja

In new street additions, Lauria Nandangarh fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Gaotang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Karanja built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Lauria Nandangarh and Karanja both became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Gaotang became progressively more disconnected.