Rajgan 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 Rajgan plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Rajgan 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, Rajgan's incremental SNDi fell from 2.63 to 1.53 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rajgan ranked 9th out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 439th 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?

• Ninh Cường, Vietnam
• Bekwai, Ghana
• Chafe, Nigeria
• Garhi Kapoora, Pakistan
• Xiji, China
• Bishnupur, India

In new street additions, Rajgan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ninh Cường built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Garhi Kapoora fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Rajgan fluctuated in connectivity, while Ninh Cường became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Garhi Kapoora fluctuated in connectivity. Rajgan and Ninh Cường have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.