Mahwal in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mahwal in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mahwal plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Mahwal 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, Mahwal's incremental SNDi fell from 4.56 to 3.71 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mahwal ranked 69th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1039th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.71
Rank in India
475th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
39th of 264

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.94
Rank in India
1039th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
69th of 264

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MahwalShaikh MuhammadLund

In new street additions, Mahwal fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Shaikh Muhammad built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Lund built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Mahwal fluctuated in connectivity, while Shaikh Muhammad grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Lund became progressively more disconnected. Mahwal and Shaikh Muhammad have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.