Gangarampur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Gangarampur in context

3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GangarampurWest Bengal (Region)India (Country)

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?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GangarampurFengfengDjibia

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.