Sandesh in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Sandesh in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sandesh plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Sandesh 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, Sandesh's incremental SNDi fell from 6.11 to 5.83 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sandesh ranked 224th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1662nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.83
- Rank in India
- 1319th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 168th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.81
- Rank in India
- 1662nd of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 224th 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, Sandesh and Hexi both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Shahand built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Sandesh and Shahand both became progressively more disconnected, while Hexi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Sandesh and Hexi have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.