Simplify the following text for a Grade 10 native English-speaking person.
Original: A tehsil ( also known as tahsil , tahasil , taluka , taluk , or taluq ) is a unit of government in Pakistan and in the Republic of India - it is similar to a county .
Simplified: A tehsil ( tahsil , tahasil ) ; also known as taluk ( taluq , taluka ) , and mandal , is an administrative division of some countries of South Asia .