Maharajganj in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Maharajganj in context

3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MaharajganjBihar (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Maharajganj plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Maharajganj followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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, Maharajganj's incremental SNDi fell from 4.85 to 4.73 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Maharajganj ranked 146th out of 264 cities in Bihar as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.73
Rank in Bihar
105th of 264

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.74
Rank in Bihar
146th of 264

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MaharajganjGuiyangCuritiba

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