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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Gooty
| other_name =
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = Gooty Fort.JPG
| image_alt =
| image_caption = [[Gooty Fort]]
| pushpin_map = India Andhra Pradesh
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|15.121|N|77.634|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Anantapur district|Anantapur]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_type =
| governing_body =
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = <ref name=civicbody>{{cite web|title=Municipalities, Municipal Corporations & UDAs|url=http://dtcp.ap.gov.in:9090/webdtcp/Municipalities%20List-110.pdf|website=Directorate of Town and Country Planning|publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh|access-date=29 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128175528/http://dtcp.ap.gov.in:9090/webdtcp/Municipalities%20List-110.pdf|archive-date=28 January 2016}}</ref>
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 = 34.84
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 48658
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| population_footnotes = <ref name=population>{{cite web|title=Census 2011 |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=635326|publisher=The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|access-date=21 October 2014}}</ref>
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = [http://www.citypincode.in/ANDHRA_PRADESH/ANANTHAPUR/Gooty_PINCODE 515401]
| registration_plate = AP
| website = {{URL|http://gooty.cdma.ap.gov.in/en}}
| footnotes =
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[[File:Gooty fort.jpg|thumb|250px|Gooty Fort view from road]]

'''Gooty''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|ʊ|θ|ɪ}} {{respell|GUUTH|ee}}; [[Telugu language|Telugu]]''':''' గుత్తి, transliterated as Guththi) is a town in [[Anantapur district]] of the Indian state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. It is the headquarters of Gooty [[mandal]] in [[Anantapur revenue division]].<ref name=census>{{cite web|title=District Census Handbook – Chittoor|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2822_PART_B_DCHB_ANANTAPUR.pdf|website=Census of India|access-date=7 November 2015|page=15,192}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Anantapur District Mandals|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/atlas/28part32.pdf|publisher=Census of India|access-date=6 June 2017|pages=375}}</ref> The town is renowned for the [[Gooty Fort|Gooty hill fort]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Historic Gooty fort in need of renovation|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/historic-gooty-fort-in-need-of-renovation/article6092037.ece|access-date=21 October 2014|work=The Hindu|date=7 June 2014|location=Anantapur}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://asihyd.ap.nic.in/anantapur_gooty.html |title=Archeological Survey of India |access-date=15 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160614022947/http://asihyd.ap.nic.in/anantapur_gooty.html |archive-date=14 June 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Geography ==
Gooty is located at {{Coord|15.12|N|77.63|E|}}, at a distance of 52 km from [[Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh|Anantapur]]. It has an average elevation of 345 metres (1131 feet).

Earlier, Gooty was under the [[Vijayanagara Empire]], later they abandoned Gooty Fort, [[Maratha Empire|Marathas]] took over fort they ruled through sandoor Gorpades till British left India.

== History ==
Eight inscriptions have been found on the rocks close to the Narasimha temple located within the fort premises. These inscriptions are seriously damaged, but appear to be from the reign of the [[Western Chalukya]] king [[Vikramaditya VI]] (r. c. 1076–1126 CE). <ref>{{Cite web |title=Historical Gooty fort, Andhra needs urgent restoration |url=https://www.navrangindia.in/2017/10/historical-gooty-fort-andhra-needs.html |access-date=2025-03-18}}</ref>The earliest of the existing fortifications and other structures can be dated to the late Chalukya period.<ref name="ASI_Hyd_Gooty">{{cite web |url=http://asihyd.ap.nic.in/anantapur_gooty.html |title=Monuments in Anantpur |publisher=Archaeological Survey of India, Hyderabad Circle |accessdate=2016-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160614022947/http://asihyd.ap.nic.in/anantapur_gooty.html |archive-date=14 June 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The fort later came under the control of the [[Vijayanagara Empire]]. During the reign of [[Venkatapati Deva Raya|Venkata II]] (r. c. 1584–1614), the Vijayanagara lost the fort to the [[Qutb Shahi dynasty]]. The [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]] appear to have controlled the fort after their conquest of the Qutb Shahi capital [[Golconda]]. Around 1746 CE, the [[Maratha Empire|Maratha]] general [[Murari Rao]] captured the fort, and made it his permanent residence eight years later. He repaired the fort, and commissioned the [[stucco]] ornamentation of the small gateways.<ref name="ASI_Hyd_Gooty"/>

In 1775 CE, the [[Kingdom of Mysore|Mysore]] ruler [[Hyder Ali]] attacked and besieged the fort. After two months, Murari Rao was forced to surrender, as he ran out of water supplies. The fort later came under the control of the [[East India Company]]. Its administrator [[Sir Thomas Munro, 1st Baronet|Thomas Munro]] was buried at the cemetery located at the foothill.<ref name="ASI_Hyd_Gooty"/>

== Demographics ==

{{As of|2011}} [[Census of India|census]], had a population of 48,658. The total population constitute, 23,943 males and 24,715 females —a sex ratio of 1032 females per 1000 males. 5,216 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 2,662 are boys and 2,554 are girls —a ratio of 959 per 1000. The average literacy rate stands at 76.91% with 33,411 literates.<ref name=population />

== Government and politics ==
Gooty was constituted as III-Grade municipality on 3 September 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Basic Information of Municipality|url=http://cdma.ap.gov.in/GOOTY/Basic_information_Municipality.html|website=Commissioner and Directorate of Municipal Administration|publisher=Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh|access-date=18 February 2015|archive-date=22 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222104436/http://cdma.ap.gov.in/GOOTY/Basic_information_Municipality.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The total income earned per annum for the [[Financial year|FY]] (2010–2011) was {{INRConvert|161.46|c|abbr=on}} and the expenditure spent by the municipality for the same year was {{INRConvert|173.11|c|abbr=on}}.<ref name=municpality>{{cite web|title=Basic Information of Municipality|url=http://cdma.ap.gov.in/GOOTY/Basic_information_Municipality.html|publisher=Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh|access-date=21 October 2014|archive-date=22 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222104436/http://cdma.ap.gov.in/GOOTY/Basic_information_Municipality.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Transport ==
Bus and train facilities available to the major cities Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai. The [[Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation]] operates bus services from Gooty bus station.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bus Stations in Districts |url=http://www.apsrtc.gov.in/Bus%20Stations.aspx |website=Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation |access-date=9 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322233330/http://apsrtc.gov.in/Bus%20Stations.aspx |archive-date=22 March 2016 }}</ref> Gooty railway station is located on the [[Guntakal–Chennai Egmore section]], which is part of [[Mumbai]] – [[Chennai]] railway route, it is home to one of the 5 diesel locomotive sheds in the [[South Central Railway zone|South Central Railways]] (SCR). [[Gooty Junction railway station]] is situated on the [[Bangalore]] – [[Hyderabad]] [[National Highway 7 (India, old numbering)]] or 44, Ankola–Bellary–Gooty National Highway [[National Highway 63 (India)|NH 63]], Gulbarga–Gooty National Highway (in process w.e.f 23/01/2014). [[Diesel Loco Shed, Gooty]] is home to diesel locomotives of the [[ALCO]] [[WDG-2A]], [[WDG-3A]], [[WDM-3A]] and [[WDM-3D]] classes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-ops2.html |title=Railway Operation, see '''Q. Are there any special requirements for locos to work ghat sections?''' |access-date=2012-11-21 |website=www.irfca.org]}}</ref>

== Education ==
The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the School Education Department of Andhra Pradesh.
Higher education facility bachelor's degree (BTech,Bsc,Bcom,BA) / master's degree(MCA,MBA).<ref>{{cite web|title=School Education Department |url=http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf |publisher=School Education Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh |access-date=7 November 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227185018/http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf |archive-date=27 December 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Department of School Education – Official AP State Government Portal |url=http://www.ap.gov.in/department/organizations/school-education/ |website=ap.gov.in |access-date=7 November 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107155331/http://www.ap.gov.in/department/organizations/school-education/ |archive-date= 7 November 2016 }}</ref>

== References ==
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