Karanam

Karanam (Telugu: కరణం) or Karnam was an office and title native to the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Traditionally, Karanam was an official who maintained the accounts and records of the villages and collected the taxes. Karanam was one of the two village-level administrative posts that existed in Andhra along with 'Munasabu' (Munsiff). The Karanam kept an elaborate system of village accounts.

The post was usually held by Niyogi Brahmins, and also sometimes by Golkonda Vyapari Brahmins and Deshastha Brahmins. The title Karanam is similar to Kulkarni in North Karnataka and Maharashtra and Shanbhaug in Karnataka. In 1985, then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, N. T. Rama Rao, abolished the hereditary office of Karanam and instead replaced it with the Village Revenue Officer (VRO).

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