Jhargram 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 Jhargram plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Jhargram 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, Jhargram's incremental SNDi rose from 4.65 to 9.65 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jhargram ranked 59th out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 1293rd 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?

• Chashan, China
• Armoor, India
• Sadabad, India
• Taungup, Myanmar
• Mirpur, Azad Kashmir
• Midland, United States

In new street additions, Jhargram built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Chashan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Taungup fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Jhargram became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Chashan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Taungup became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Jhargram had a more sprawly network than Taungup in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.