Mehsi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mehsi in context

3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MehsiBihar (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mehsi plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Mehsi peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Mehsi's incremental SNDi fell from 5.71 to 5.49 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mehsi ranked 207th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1609th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.49
Rank in India
1215th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
148th of 264

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.47
Rank in India
1609th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
207th of 264

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MehsiMedinaRaipur

While Medina and Raipur both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Mehsi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.