Jaynagar Majilpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Jaynagar Majilpur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jaynagar Majilpur plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Jaynagar Majilpur was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Jaynagar Majilpur's incremental SNDi rose from 5.05 to 5.89 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jaynagar Majilpur ranked 80th out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 1526th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.89
- Rank in India
- 1337th of 1868
- Rank in West Bengal
- 58th of 140
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.11
- Rank in India
- 1526th of 1868
- Rank in West Bengal
- 80th 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, Jaynagar Majilpur and Thanjavur both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Bhola fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Jaynagar Majilpur became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Thanjavur became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Bhola fluctuated in connectivity. Jaynagar Majilpur and Bhola have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.