RESUMO
The study aimed to find the living status and the emotional intelligence of the women police constables in Coimbatore city, TamilNadu. This descriptive research was covered randomly selected two hundred women police constables. The questionnaire method was used to collect the data.The personal information sheet was used to obtain the demographic information and Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale (Schutte et al. 1998) was applied to measure emotional intelligence. The results showed that the majority of the respondents (62.5%) are in the age group of 21-25 years and nearly half of the respondents (44%) had less than two years of experience. Half (52%) of the respondents had a moderate level of emotional intelligence and education, monthly salary, experience, No. of training programmes attended and the type of family played a significant role in emotional intelligence of women police constables on the other hand age and marital status doesn‟t make any impact.