Rajmahal in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Rajmahal 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
RajmahalJharkhand (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rajmahal plotted against Jharkhand and India. The SNDi of new construction in Rajmahal rose steadily, compared to Jharkhand which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Rajmahal's incremental SNDi rose from 5.11 to 5.63 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rajmahal ranked 40th out of 46 cities in Jharkhand and 1497th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.63
Rank in India
1262nd of 1868
Rank in Jharkhand
31st of 46

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.03
Rank in India
1497th of 1868
Rank in Jharkhand
40th of 46

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RajmahalQuebecBeihai

In new street additions, Rajmahal built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Quebec built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Beihai fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.