Quantum coherence gained importance in the study of physical phenomenon due to the wave-particle duality. It has been investigated through the study of phase space distributions and higher order correlation functions. But these studies does not allow us to estimate the amount of coherence in the system. Recently in a seminal work by Baumgratz, Cramer and Plenio [Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 140401 (2014)] a set of principles were laid down to quantify coherence and some possible measures of coherence were introduced. But quantum coherence unlike entanglement can exist in a single qubit apart from the fact that they can exist between two qubits. In the present talk I would like share some developments in this regard from our work [Phy. Rev. Lett 116, 150504 (2016)]. Classifying quantum coherence into local and intrinsic coherence using a metric measure we also connect it to the total coherence of the system via the triangle inequality. The shareability and distribution of the quantum coherence in multipartite systems will be discussed using monogamy relations of coherence. We show the usefulness of our measure of coherence in studying tripartite states like GHZ and W states as well spin chain models. The time evolution dynamics of the local and global coherence and the monogamy of coherence for tripartite system and its usefulness will be discussed in the present talk.