Sultanganj in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Sultanganj in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sultanganj plotted against Bihar and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Sultanganj's incremental SNDi rose from 5.66 to 6.36 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sultanganj ranked 221st out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1650th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.36
- Rank in India
- 1454th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 187th of 264
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.73
- Rank in India
- 1650th of 1868
- Rank in Bihar
- 221st of 264
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
Sultanganj, Shrirampur, and Chiguayante all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network.