Patahi in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Patahi in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Patahi plotted against Bihar and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Patahi's incremental SNDi rose from 1.6 to 2.02 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Patahi ranked 38th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 740th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.02
- Rank in India
- 115th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 10th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.47
- Rank in India
- 740th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 38th 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, Patahi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Santai built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Share built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Patahi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Santai became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Share became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Patahi had a more connected network than Santai in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.