Pupri in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pupri in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PupriBihar (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pupri plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Pupri 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, Pupri's incremental SNDi fell from 4.96 to 4.05 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pupri ranked 52nd out of 264 cities in Bihar and 878th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.05
Rank in India
608th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
51st of 264

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.71
Rank in India
878th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
52nd of 264

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PupriLingchengkazaure

While Lingcheng and kazaure both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Pupri 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. Pupri and Lingcheng have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.