Maharajganj in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Maharajganj in context

3.64.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.64.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MaharajganjUttar Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Maharajganj plotted against Uttar Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Maharajganj followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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, Maharajganj's incremental SNDi fell from 6.44 to 5.4 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Maharajganj ranked 256th out of 291 cities in Uttar Pradesh and 1671st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.4
Rank in India
1178th of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
219th of 291

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.86
Rank in India
1671st of 1868
Rank in Uttar Pradesh
256th of 291

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MaharajganjBanjarbaruNetanya

In new street additions, Maharajganj fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Banjarbaru fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Netanya built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Maharajganj fluctuated in connectivity, while Banjarbaru became progressively more disconnected and Netanya grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.