Narkatiaganj in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Narkatiaganj in context

345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NarkatiaganjBihar (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Narkatiaganj plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Narkatiaganj rose steadily, 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, Narkatiaganj's incremental SNDi rose from 5.6 to 7.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Narkatiaganj ranked 37th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 729th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.61
Rank in India
1634th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
224th of 264

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.45
Rank in India
729th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
37th of 264

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NarkatiaganjDambidolloMahajanga

While Dambidollo and Mahajanga both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Narkatiaganj built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.