Rajgara 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 Rajgara plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Rajgara 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, Rajgara's incremental SNDi rose from 5.78 to 6.02 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rajgara ranked 102nd out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 1657th 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?

• Dogari Tiv, Nigeria
• Sabirabad, Azerbaijan
• Pabianice, Poland
• Ishara, Nigeria
• Nuapatna, India
• Haldibari, India

While Dogari Tiv and Ishara both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Rajgara built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Dogari Tiv and Ishara both became progressively more disconnected, while Rajgara became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Rajgara and Dogari Tiv have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.