Dumri in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Dumri in context

0246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DumriJharkhand (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dumri plotted against Jharkhand and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Dumri's incremental SNDi rose from -0.13 to 0.92 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dumri ranked 11th out of 46 cities in Jharkhand and 384th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
0.92
Rank in India
19th of 1868
Rank in Jharkhand
3rd of 46

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.8
Rank in India
384th of 1868
Rank in Jharkhand
11th of 46

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DumriYanshanNasirabad

While Yanshan and Nasirabad both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Dumri fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Yanshan and Nasirabad both became progressively more disconnected, while Dumri became progressively more connected. Notably, Dumri had a more sprawly network than Nasirabad in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.