Mahuar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mahuar in context

2.43.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MahuarBihar (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mahuar plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Mahuar 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, Mahuar's incremental SNDi rose from 3.37 to 3.78 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mahuar ranked 32nd out of 264 cities in Bihar and 607th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.78
Rank in India
506th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
43rd of 264

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.25
Rank in India
607th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
32nd of 264

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MahuarYugorskKoulikoro

In new street additions, Mahuar built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Yugorsk built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Koulikoro built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Mahuar became progressively more disconnected, while Yugorsk grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Koulikoro became progressively more connected. Mahuar and Yugorsk have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.