Mokama in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mokama in context

3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MokamaBihar (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mokama plotted against Bihar and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Mokama's incremental SNDi rose from 4.01 to 4.74 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mokama ranked 62nd out of 264 cities in Bihar and 975th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.74
Rank in India
910th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
106th of 264

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.85
Rank in India
975th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
62nd of 264

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

What about similarly populated cities?

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MokamaLosariArakkonam

In new street additions, Mokama and Losari both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Arakkonam built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Mokama had a more sprawly network than Arakkonam in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.