Ratanpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Ratanpur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ratanpur plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Ratanpur 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, Ratanpur's incremental SNDi fell from 4.84 to 3.74 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ratanpur ranked 85th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1120th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.74
- Rank in India
- 492nd of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 41st of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.1
- Rank in India
- 1120th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 85th 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, Ratanpur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Maradun fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Kakata built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Ratanpur grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Maradun fluctuated in connectivity and Kakata became progressively more disconnected. Ratanpur and Maradun have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.