Madhubani in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Madhubani in context

4567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MadhubaniBihar (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Madhubani plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Madhubani rose steadily, 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, Madhubani's incremental SNDi rose from 6.56 to 6.82 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Madhubani ranked 216th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1635th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.82
Rank in India
1539th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
202nd of 264

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.61
Rank in India
1635th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
216th of 264

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

What about similarly populated cities?

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MadhubaniJaranwalaRudrapur

In new street additions, Madhubani and Rudrapur both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Jaranwala built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Madhubani and Jaranwala have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.