Bahjoi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bahjoi in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BahjoiUttar Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bahjoi plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bahjoi fell steadily, compared to Uttar Pradesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bahjoi's incremental SNDi fell from 3.8 to 1.11 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bahjoi ranked 144th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1011th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.11
Rank in India
28th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
6th of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.91
Rank in India
1011th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
144th of 291

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BahjoiMikhaylovskErdenet

In new street additions, Bahjoi and Erdenet both built increasingly connected streets over time, while Mikhaylovsk fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Bahjoi and Mikhaylovsk have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.