Thin film of ternary compound semiconductor, copper cadmium sulphide (CuCdS 2 ) was deposited on glass substrate by low temperature solution process. The deposited CuCdS 2 thin film was found to suitable for the fabrication of efficient thin film solar cells at low cost. Hexagonal structure of poly crystalline CuCdS 2 was formed from the combination of its binary constituents Cu x S and CdS. The film was continuously coated and particles were aggregated like spherical granules. The presence of elements Cu, Cd and S were confirmed by electron energy loss spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The absorption spectrum showed that the deposited material had wide range of absorption in visible and near-IR region (300–1100nm) and band gap was estimated to be 1.42eV using Tauc’s plot. Vibration modes of CdS and Cu x S binary phases were observed and shift between them revealed the existence of binding state between CdS and Cu x S. Hall measurement showed p-type conducting nature of charge carriers with higher carrier concentration 3.48×10 18 cm − 3 . The mobility and resistivity were measured to be 10.63cm 2 /Vs and 0.17Ωcm, respectively. The analyses revealed that the deposited CuCdS 2 thin film was suitable material for the fabrication of thin film solar cells at low cost.