Manjhi in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Manjhi in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Manjhi plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Manjhi peaked in 1976-1990, 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, Manjhi's incremental SNDi fell from 4.89 to 4.82 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Manjhi ranked 147th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1413th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.82
- Rank in India
- 951st of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 109th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.78
- Rank in India
- 1413th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 147th 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, Manjhi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Khamir fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Jowai fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Manjhi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Khamir became progressively more disconnected and Jowai became progressively more disconnected. Manjhi and Jowai have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.