Puraini in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Puraini in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PurainiBihar (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Puraini plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Puraini followed a zig-zag trend, 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. In terms of the aggregate network, Puraini ranked 11th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 167th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
N/A

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.25
Rank in India
167th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
11th of 264

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PurainiTall al BahnasaTarime

While Tall al Bahnasa and Tarime both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Puraini fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Tall al Bahnasa and Tarime both became progressively more disconnected, while Puraini became progressively more disconnected. Puraini and Tarime have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.