Sainthia in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Sainthia in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sainthia plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Sainthia rose steadily, 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, Sainthia's incremental SNDi rose from 4.71 to 8.04 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sainthia ranked 43rd out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 1031st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 8.04
- Rank in India
- 1666th of 1868
- Rank in West Bengal
- 104th of 140
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.93
- Rank in India
- 1031st of 1868
- Rank in West Bengal
- 43rd of 140
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Piranshahr, Iran
- Goh, India
- Erenhot, China
- Mit Afia, Egypt
- Dhanbari, Bangladesh
- Bir El Ater, Algeria
Sainthia, Piranshahr, and Mit Afia all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Sainthia and Piranshahr have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.