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Population Studies Spatial variation in examination performance

Table 1. Pass percentage of overall and socially marginalized students in HSLC examination 2022 in Assam by gender
Districts Overall Students Socially marginalized students
Total Male Female Male‑female disparity Total Male Female Male‑female disparity
Baksa 66.7 66.9 66.5 0.01 68.2 67.9 68.6 0.01
Barpeta 70.1 72.8 67.7 0.11 63.1 64.4 62.0 0.04
Biswanath 54.1 57.1 51.4 0.10 54.7 57.1 52.5 0.08
Bongaigaon 43.1 43.0 43.1 0.00 34.0 34.1 34.0 0.00
Cachar 43.3 45.3 41.5 0.07 36.9 39.3 34.8 0.08
Charaideo 57.1 56.5 57.6 0.02 54.1 51.7 56.1 0.08
Chirang 34.3 34.6 34.1 0.01 38.7 38.4 39.1 0.01
Darrang 69.1 74.4 64.6 0.20 58.7 63.7 54.3 0.17
Dhemaji 85.5 85 86.0 0.04 86.5 85.6 87.4 0.07
Dhubri 48.2 50.6 46.1 0.08 33.4 31.8 34.7 0.06
Dibrugarh 59.5 59.4 59.6 0.00 60.1 58.8 61.4 0.05
Dima Hasao 81.3 81.6 81.1 0.01 81.7 81.9 81.6 0.01
Goalpara 41.2 43.9 39.3 0.08 39.9 38.1 41.3 0.06
Golaghat 64.6 66.2 63.0 0.06 60.4 62.5 58.5 0.07
Hailakandi 49.3 49.9 48.9 0.02 38.6 40 37.4 0.05
Hojai 37.4 40.7 35.0 0.11 30.3 33 28.1 0.10
Jorhat 70.5 70.7 70.3 0.01 69.8 70.5 69.2 0.03
K Anglong 50.3 52.7 48.0 0.08 48.5 50.3 46.7 0.06
Kamrup M 63.3 64.8 61.9 0.05 48.0 50.9 45.2 0.10
Kamrup R 64.9 66.4 63.7 0.05 49.5 49.0 49.9 0.02
Karimgaj 47.6 51.3 44.8 0.11 36.5 40.3 33.6 0.13
Kokrajhar 47.5 47.4 47.6 0.00 62.2 61.7 62.8 0.02
Lakhimpur 76.3 76.6 75.9 0.02 78.4 77.8 79.1 0.03
Majuli 77.3 77.3 77.4 0.00 73.9 73.4 74.4 0.02
Morigaon 59.7 63.4 57.0 0.12 55.1 55.9 54.5 0.02
Nagaon 49.3 54.7 45.6 0.16 40.9 45.2 37.3 0.14
Nalbari 79.2 81.9 76.8 0.14 71.9 75.5 68.6 0.15
Sivasagar 87.2 88.7 85.6 0.12 82.8 85.6 79.9 0.17
Sonitpur 51.0 53.3 49.2 0.07 55.1 57.4 53.1 0.08
S Salmara 58.3 66.8 51.2 0.28 39.2 39.5 39.0 0.01
Tinsukia 50.7 51.8 49.7 0.04 49.5 51.4 47.9 0.06
Udalguri 47.2 49.3 45.3 0.07 54.6 53.7 55.4 0.03
WKAnglong 42.8 45.4 40.4 0.09 41.1 44.2 38.3 0.11
Total 57.7 s 55.7 0.08 56.5 57.7 55.4 0.04
Notes: K Anglong: Karbi Anglong; Kamrup M: Kamrup Metro; Kamrup R: Kamrup Rural; S Salmara: South Salmara; WK Anglong: West Karbi
Anglong.

as the best-performing district with almost nine out of Dibrugarh districts fell within the high-high cluster, and
ten students passing the examination (87.2%). No distinct the Dima Hasao district fell within the high-low cluster.
clustering of districts was noted in the state (Figure 2). This
is evident from the LISA cluster map as well as Moran’s The performance of the socially marginalized students
I value, which was only 0.236. Nevertheless, a significant varied from abysmally low in a few districts to very good
clustering of low-low districts such as Kokrajhar, Dhubri, in a few other districts. In the Hojai district, only three
and Bongaigaon was evident, whereas Majuli, Jorhat, and out of ten students passed the HSLC examination in

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