Introduction: Emotional Intelligence(EI) is the ability to monitor one’s own and other people’s feelings and emotions, to discriminate and appropriately label different emotions and to use emotional information to guide thinking and behavior(1).Studies show that EI is associated with medical students’ clinical and academic performance, communication skills and also in dealing with stress.Hence , this study was planned amongst medical students to assess their level of emotional intelligence and sociodemographic factors associated with it. Materials and Methods: A cross sectional, questionnaire-based study was conducted among 100 medical students of tertiary care hospital in Maharashtra using Schutte self reporting emotional intelligence test (SSEIT), which is a standardized semi-structured questionnaire. Data was compiled using Microsoft office Excel and Test of significance was used to find associations between emotional intelligence and other demographic characteristics. Results: 58% of students hadmoderatelevelofEmotionalIntelligence.60.9% students were between 21-22 years of age. 57.1%ofparticipantsweremales.81.9%studentsbelonged to urban areas, 70.5% students completed their high schooleducationfromprivateschool;81% belonged to nuclearfamily,76.2%resided in hostel;42.9%of students hadmonthly familyincomeofmorethan1lakh Rupees.Our study findings showed that , there was no significant relationship between EI and gender, type of family ,locality ,current residence, monthly family income and type of schooling. Conclusions: Mean EI scores of students were inanagreeable range, with maximum students showing moderate levels of Emotional Intelligence. Further research with larger sample size is required.