Mahwal in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Mahwal in context
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?
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.