Sher Chakla in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sher Chakla in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Sher ChaklaBihar (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sher Chakla plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Sher Chakla peaked in 1976-1990, 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, Sher Chakla's incremental SNDi fell from 1.3 to 0.63 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sher Chakla ranked 8th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 98th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
0.63
Rank in India
10th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
2nd of 264

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.87
Rank in India
98th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
8th of 264

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Sher ChaklaIowa CityKodinar

In new street additions, Sher Chakla built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Iowa City built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Kodinar built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Sher Chakla grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Iowa City became progressively more disconnected and Kodinar became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.