Balarampur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Balarampur plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Balarampur rose steadily, compared to West Bengal which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Balarampur's incremental SNDi rose from 4.64 to 4.86 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Balarampur ranked 29th out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 866th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Hillat Ash Shekh Mustafa al Fadni, Sudan
• Shikokuchuo, Japan
• Manteca, United States
• Hassi El Garra, Algeria
• Silivri, Turkey
• Chandauli, India

In new street additions, Balarampur built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Hillat Ash Shekh Mustafa al Fadni fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Hassi El Garra built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Balarampur became progressively more disconnected, while Hillat Ash Shekh Mustafa al Fadni fluctuated in connectivity and Hassi El Garra became progressively more connected. Notably, Balarampur had a more connected network than Hassi El Garra in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.