Simri Bakhtiarpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Simri Bakhtiarpur in context
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?
- Malmo, Sweden
- Batala, India
- Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
- Bhadrak, India
- Pemalang, Indonesia
- Bankura, India
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.