Makhdumpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Makhdumpur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Makhdumpur plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Makhdumpur 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, Makhdumpur's incremental SNDi fell from 4.68 to 2.23 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Makhdumpur ranked 74th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1078th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.23
- Rank in India
- 131st of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 14th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.01
- Rank in India
- 1078th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 74th of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Mongu Arna, Nigeria
- Wigan, United Kingdom
- Kakamega, Kenya
- Apizaco, México
- Debre Tabor, Ethiopia
- Guangshan, China
In new street additions, Makhdumpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Mongu Arna fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Apizaco built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Mongu Arna and Apizaco both became progressively more disconnected, while Makhdumpur fluctuated in connectivity. Makhdumpur and Apizaco have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.