The results revealed that, maximum moisture content (90.86 %) was recorded in chilli variety GVC-101 which harboured moderate thrips population (4.25/3 leaves). The lowest ash content (33.45%) was recorded in GAVC-112 which in turn had moderate thrips population (4.70/3 leaves). Significantly minimum total soluble sugar content (3.60 %), minimum reducing sugar content (1.02 %), maximum non-reducing sugar (2.58 %), maximum total phenol (0.62 ppm), minimum nitrogen (0.15 %), minimum protein (0.90 %), maximum chlorophyll A (5.21 mg/g), maximum chlorophyll B (10.53 mg/g) and maximum chlorophyll total (15.74 mg/g) were recorded in GVC-111 which in turn had moderate thrips population (3.34/3 leaves).