Khagmarihatpara 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 Khagmarihatpara plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Khagmarihatpara 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, Khagmarihatpara's incremental SNDi rose from 5.31 to 5.9 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khagmarihatpara ranked 88th out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 1588th 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?

• Pingnan, China
• Hachinohe, Japan
• Manzhouli, China
• Gabes, Tunisia
• Salanga, Bangladesh
• Afyonkarahisar, Turkey

In new street additions, Khagmarihatpara built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Pingnan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Gabes built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Khagmarihatpara became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Pingnan fluctuated in connectivity and Gabes became progressively more connected.