Nalhati in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Nalhati in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nalhati plotted against West Bengal and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Nalhati's incremental SNDi rose from 3.85 to 10.21 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nalhati ranked 66th out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 1410th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 10.21
- Rank in India
- 1745th of 1868
- Rank in West Bengal
- 126th of 140
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.77
- Rank in India
- 1410th of 1868
- Rank in West Bengal
- 66th of 140
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Ivanteyevka, Russia
- Matian, China
- Gokarna, Bangladesh
- Iguatu, Brazil
- Rovenky, Ukraine
- Deder, Ethiopia
In new street additions, Nalhati fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ivanteyevka built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Iguatu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Looking at the full network, Ivanteyevka and Iguatu both became progressively more disconnected, while Nalhati fluctuated in connectivity.