The present study was undertaken to estimate the various genetic variability parameters of shoot fly resistance with its components and among the components themselves. The study was carried out with 38 derived genotypes of sorghum. Field trail was conducted in a randomized block design with three replication during kharif 2005. The observations were recorded on thirteen characters viz., days to 50 per cent flowering, plant height, panicle length, panicle breadth, yield per plant, 100 seed weight, number of eggs per plant, trichomes density per mm2, chlorophyll content reducing sugar content, total sugar content, recovery of infested plant and dead heart counts. The treatment differences among the genotypes were highly significant for investigation indicating the presence of high amount of genetic variability. In general genotypic coefficient of variation was higher than phenotypic coefficient of variation. The correlation studies indicate that dead heart was positively and significantly associated with number of eggs per plant and chlorophyll content. Almost all the AKENT except some observed the shoot fly tolerant as compared to check genotype, AKENT-52, AKENT-51, AKENT-53, AKENT-54, AKENT-55, AKENT-16, AKENT-34, AKENT-36, AKENT-37, AKENT-35, AKENT-38, AKENT-39, AKENT-40, AKENT-42, AKENT-44, AKENT-45, AKENT-47, AKENT-50 and AKENT-24 lines were found to be most promising among all the genotype in respect of shoot fly resistance character and good yield.