Pagla Chandi 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 Pagla Chandi plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Pagla Chandi followed a zig-zag trend, 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, Pagla Chandi's incremental SNDi rose from 0.67 to 1.64 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pagla Chandi ranked 3rd out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 120th 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?

• Al 'Izziyah, Egypt
• Gongchangling, China
• Narus, South Sudan
• Berasia, India
• Nandigama, India
• Kẻ Sặt, Vietnam

In new street additions, Pagla Chandi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Al 'Izziyah fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Berasia fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Pagla Chandi fluctuated in connectivity, while Al 'Izziyah became progressively more disconnected and Berasia fluctuated in connectivity. Pagla Chandi and Al 'Izziyah have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.