Twelve traits of 7 cherry tomato (Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme Mill) lines exhibited a wide range of genetic variability. High geno- and phenotypic coefficients of variation were obtained for average fruit weight (67.76 and 67.9 %, respectively) followed by number of fruits/plant (56.45 and 57.28 %, respectively). High estimates of heritability, genetic advance and genotypic coefficient of variation for the traits of average fruit weight and number of fruits/plant were controlled by additive gene action indicating the possibility of selection to improve these characters. Fruit yield/plant showed high heritability along with low genetic advance and did not show significant and positive correlation with the remaining characters. It indicates that improvement of high yield through selection is difficult; rather hybridization can be effective for improving the fruit yield/plant. Among the lines, L 03686 produced the highest number of fruits/plant (450) and maximum fruit yield (2.2 kg/plant and height cluster / plant 56) and can be selected for cultivation under Arabhavi condition.