Earlier, Gooty was under the Vijayanagara Empire, later they abandoned Gooty Fort, Marathas took over fort they ruled through sandoor Gorpades till British left India.
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). The earliest of the existing fortifications and other structures can be dated to the late Chalukya period.[7]
The fort later came under the control of the Vijayanagara Empire. During the reign of Venkata II (r. c. 1584–1614), the Vijayanagara lost the fort to the Qutb Shahi dynasty. The Mughals appear to have controlled the fort after their conquest of the Qutb Shahi capital Golconda. Around 1746 CE, the 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.[7]
In 1775 CE, the 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 Thomas Munro was buried at the cemetery located at the foothill.[7]
As of 2011[update]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.[2]
Gooty was constituted as III-Grade municipality on 3 September 2011.[8] The total income earned per annum for the FY (2010–2011) was ₹161.46 crore (US$19 million) and the expenditure spent by the municipality for the same year was ₹173.11 crore (US$21 million).[9]
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).[12][13]
^"Basic Information of Municipality". Commissioner and Directorate of Municipal Administration. Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
^"Basic Information of Municipality". Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
^"School Education Department"(PDF). School Education Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original(PDF) on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
