Barjora in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Barjora in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Barjora plotted against West Bengal and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Barjora's incremental SNDi rose from 3.78 to 5.4 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Barjora ranked 51st out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 1178th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.4
- Rank in India
- 1179th of 1868
- Rank in West Bengal
- 37th of 140
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.2
- Rank in India
- 1178th of 1868
- Rank in West Bengal
- 51st of 140
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Inhambane, Mozambique
- Bodorganj, Bangladesh
- Canton, United States
- Mandvi, India
- Viçosa, Brazil
- Basse Santa Su, Gambia
In new street additions, Barjora and Mandvi both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Inhambane built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Barjora and Mandvi both fluctuated in connectivity, while Inhambane became progressively more disconnected. Barjora and Inhambane have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.