Gangarampur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Gangarampur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gangarampur plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Gangarampur 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, Gangarampur's incremental SNDi rose from 4.99 to 5.74 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gangarampur ranked 73rd out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 1445th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.74
- Rank in India
- 1299th of 1868
- Rank in West Bengal
- 52nd of 140
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.89
- Rank in India
- 1445th of 1868
- Rank in West Bengal
- 73rd of 140
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Gangarampur and Djibia both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Fengfeng built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.