Manigachhi in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Manigachhi in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Manigachhi plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Manigachhi 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, Manigachhi's incremental SNDi rose from 3.09 to 3.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Manigachhi ranked 23rd out of 264 cities in Bihar and 458th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.26
- Rank in India
- 322nd of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 24th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.97
- Rank in India
- 458th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 23rd of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Sahebpur Kamal, India
- Hurghada, Egypt
- Kon Tum, Vietnam
- Shahapur, India
- Gobichettipalayam, India
- Palghar, India
In new street additions, Manigachhi and Shahapur both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Sahebpur Kamal built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.