Barhaj in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Barhaj in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Barhaj plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Barhaj followed a zig-zag trend, 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. In terms of the aggregate network, Barhaj ranked 21st out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 76th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
N/A

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.73
Rank in India
76th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
21st of 291

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

What about similarly populated cities?

04812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
04812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BarhajNarhatUnryul

In new street additions, Barhaj fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Narhat built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Unryul fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Barhaj fluctuated in connectivity, while Narhat became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Unryul became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Barhaj had a more sprawly network than Unryul in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.