Sheikhpura in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Sheikhpura in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sheikhpura plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Sheikhpura 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, Sheikhpura ranked 13th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 178th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- N/A
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.28
- Rank in India
- 178th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 13th of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Samangan, Afghanistan
- Tongjiang County, China
- Yanghe, China
- Odumase, Ghana
- Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia
- Tarn Taran Sahib, India
In new street additions, Sheikhpura fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Samangan built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Odumase fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Samangan and Odumase both became progressively more disconnected, while Sheikhpura became progressively more connected. Notably, Sheikhpura had a more sprawly network than Samangan in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.