Manihari in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Manihari in context

4567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ManihariBihar (Region)India (Country)

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?

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

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.