Paikar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Paikar in context

4567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PaikarWest Bengal (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Paikar plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Paikar 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. In terms of the aggregate network, Paikar ranked 69th out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 1432nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
N/A

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.84
Rank in India
1432nd of 1868
Rank in West Bengal
69th of 140

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PaikarNookatDunyapur

In new street additions, Paikar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Nookat built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Dunyapur built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Paikar became progressively more connected, while Nookat grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Dunyapur became progressively more disconnected. Paikar and Nookat have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.