Split C# collection into equal parts, maintaining sort

Question

I am trying to split a collection into multiple collections while maintaining a sort I have on the collection. I have tried using the following extension method, but it breaks

Answer 1

To split a generic list in to equal chunks use below generic method

 private IEnumerable> SplitMaintainingOrder(IEnumerable list, int columnCount)
                {
                    var elementsCount = list.Count();
                    int rowCount = elementsCount / columnCount;
                    int noOfCells = elementsCount % columnCount;

                    int finalRowCount = rowCount;
                    if (noOfCells > 0)
                    {
                        finalRowCount++;
                    }

                    var toreturn = new List>();
                    var pushto = 0;
                    for (int j = 0; j < columnCount; j++)
                    {
                        var start = j;
                        int i = 0;
                        var end = i;
                        for (i = 0; i < finalRowCount; i++)
                        {
                            if ((i < rowCount) || ((i == rowCount) && (j < noOfCells)))
                            {
                                start = j;
                                end = i;
                            }
                        }
                        toreturn.Add(list.Skip(pushto).Take(end + 1));
                        pushto += end + 1;
                    }

                    return toreturn;

                }

List recordNumbers = new List() { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7,8,9,10,11};

var splitedItems = SplitMaintainingOrder(recordNumbers , 4);

Output will be:

List 1 : 1,2,3
List 2 : 4,5,6
List 3 : 7,8,9
List 4 : 10,11

~Happy coding..