Rafiganj in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Rafiganj in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rafiganj plotted against Bihar and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Rafiganj's incremental SNDi rose from 5.36 to 5.83 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rafiganj ranked 199th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1580th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.83
- Rank in India
- 1314th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 167th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.32
- Rank in India
- 1580th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 199th of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- N'dalatando, Angola
- Xingguo, China
- Udaynarayanpur, India
- San Miguel, El Salvador
- Digha, India
- Chetumal, México
In new street additions, Rafiganj fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while N'dalatando built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and San Miguel built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.