Raghunathpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Raghunathpur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Raghunathpur plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Raghunathpur 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, Raghunathpur's incremental SNDi rose from 5.12 to 5.46 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Raghunathpur ranked 145th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1400th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.46
- Rank in India
- 1204th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 146th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.71
- Rank in India
- 1400th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 145th 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, Raghunathpur and León both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Kafr Sarawa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.