Masaurhi in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Masaurhi in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Masaurhi plotted against Bihar and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Masaurhi's incremental SNDi rose from 5.49 to 8.57 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Masaurhi ranked 223rd out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1658th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 8.57
- Rank in India
- 1697th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 234th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.78
- Rank in India
- 1658th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 223rd 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, Masaurhi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Gaborone fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Zelenograd built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Masaurhi and Zelenograd both became progressively more disconnected, while Gaborone became progressively more connected. Masaurhi and Gaborone have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.