In selecting the villages or
     lands to be included in each separate estate,
     the advantages or disadvantages arising from situation;
     the vicinity of roads, railways, navigable rivers, or canals;
     the nature and quality of the soil and produce;
     the quantity of culturable and unculturable waste land;
     the depth at which water may be procurable;
     the number of tanks and wells;
     the state of the embankments and water-courses; and
     any other local circumstances affecting the present, or likely to influence the future, value of the lands, shall be duly considered:
     and the villages or lands to be included in each estate shall be fairly and impartially selected.
     So far as may be practicable, and consistent with compactness of partition, lands held in severalty shall be left in the possession of the parties holding the same.