Simri Bakhtiarpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Simri Bakhtiarpur in context

3.64.24.85.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.64.24.85.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Simri BakhtiarpurBihar (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Simri Bakhtiarpur plotted against Bihar and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Simri Bakhtiarpur's incremental SNDi rose from 4.89 to 5.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Simri Bakhtiarpur ranked 172nd out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1493rd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.39
Rank in India
1176th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
140th of 264

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.01
Rank in India
1493rd of 1868
Rank in Bihar
172nd of 264

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Simri BakhtiarpurMalmoBhadrak

In new street additions, Simri Bakhtiarpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Malmo built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Bhadrak built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Simri Bakhtiarpur and Bhadrak have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.