Murliganj in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Murliganj in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Murliganj plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Murliganj 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, Murliganj's incremental SNDi fell from 6.17 to 5.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Murliganj ranked 124th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1325th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.76
- Rank in India
- 1304th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 165th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.53
- Rank in India
- 1325th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 124th 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, Murliganj built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Tromsø fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Ping'an built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Murliganj and Ping'an both became progressively more disconnected, while Tromsø fluctuated in connectivity. Murliganj and Tromsø have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.