The town has a taluka administrative office (that is, a Panchayat samiti local government body), a courthouse, a police station, a government-run primary hospital, various schools and colleges and a theater.

Atpadi's economy is based on the cultivation and sale of agricultural products, with pomegranates and cotton constituting the core of the industry.

The town is also home to the Manganga Sahakari Sugar factory, a Pomegranate auction center and various small scale industries in fields such as manufacturing, processing, servicing and repairs.

[1] The town can also lay claim to a literary connection, with four prominent Marathi authors originating from Atpadi.

In historic times, Atpadi was part of the Manank yadav kingdom of Mandesh, ruled from the nearby village of Devapur.

Later in the 19th century it became part of the princely state of Aundh as well as a palace city, hence it was called Atpadi Mahal.

Inamdar, the late Arun Kamble and the former petroleum minister of India, Ram Naik were from Atpadi.

Various water canals were projected into the Atpadi Taluka under Khrishna Khore Vikas Mahamandal's scheme named Tembhu.

When Atpadi was separated from Kavathemhankal and joined to Khanapur then after in 1995 Rajendra Deshmukh was elected as a MLA from Atpadi-Khanapur constituency.

A program called Khadi gramodyog was started by the Government of India to promote rural employment for woman.

The author and poet, Adhunik Walmiki, popularly known as GaDiMa (गदिमा) and G. D. Madgulkar are from the nearby village, Madgule.

His younger brother, Venkatesh Madgulkar as well as Shankar Rao Kharat and N. S. Inamdar are three other authors from Atpadi.

The late Prof. Arun Kamble, a prominent Marathi writer, was born in Atpadi Taluka.

The autobiography of Shankar Rao Kharat Taral-Antaral has a detailed chapter on Atpadi before the independence of India.

Atpadi has a unique temple dedicated to Yoga and suryanamaskar called 'Suryopasana Mandir', though this is not a religious place.

Suryopasana Mandir serves as a community hall for people who wish to practice yoga and exercise suryanamaskar.

Apart from religious festivals, a town fair devoted to the patron god of Atpadi, Uttareshwar, is held after Diwali for 3 days.