Manihari in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Manihari in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Manihari plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Manihari 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, Manihari's incremental SNDi rose from 5.23 to 6.64 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Manihari ranked 185th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1528th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.64
- Rank in India
- 1520th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 198th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.11
- Rank in India
- 1528th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 185th of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Bailundo, Angola
- Luwuk, Indonesia
- Gimbichu, Ethiopia
- Esna, Egypt
- Maidstone, United Kingdom
- Rasra, India
Manihari, Bailundo, and Esna all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Manihari and Esna have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.